Comparison of type I and type II heterojunction unitravelling carrier photodiodes for terahertz generation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-283

  Dyson, Angela ^a   Henning, Ian D ^a   Adams, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterodyne; Numerical approximation and analysis; Photodetectors; Ultrafast devices

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES;

TERAHERTZ GENERATION; ULTRAFAST DEVICES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 41949118575     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.910107     Document Type: Article

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