Theoretical modeling of dark current in quantum dot infrared photodetectors using nonequilibrium Green's functions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Naser, M A ^a   Deen, M J ^a   Thompson, D A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DENSITY; DARK CURRENTS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INFRARED DETECTORS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; POISSON EQUATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEPARATION; THRESHOLD CURRENT DENSITY;

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (AIP); BARRIER SEPARATION; CARRIER DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTACT LAYERS; CONTINUUM STATES; CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS; DENSITY OF STATES (DOF); DOPING DENSITIES; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT (ET); FINITE DIFFERENCE (FD); GENERAL FRAMEWORK; HAMILTONIAN; INFRARED PHOTO DETECTORS; KINETIC EQUATIONS; MICROSCOPIC INFORMATION; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTIONS (NEGF); NONEQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTIONS FORMALISM (NEGF); NUMBER OF ELECTRONS; QD LAYERS; QUANTUM DOT (CO); QUANTUM DOT INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS (QDIPS); QUANTUM SYSTEMS; QUANTUM TRANSPORTS; SELF CONSISTENT SOLUTION; WIDE-RANGE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 47749123816     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2952014     Document Type: Article

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