Quantum dot resonant tunneling diode single photon detector with aluminum oxide aperture defined tunneling area

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Li, H W ^a,d   Kardyna, B E ^a,c   Ellis, D J P ^a   Shields, A J ^a   Farrer, I ^b   Ritchie, D A ^b,d  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALUMINA; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; DETECTORS; DIODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON TUBE DIODES; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; GAS DETECTORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; RESONANT TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TUNNEL DIODES; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

ABSORPTION AREAS; ALUMINUM OXIDE APERTURES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH QUALITIES; INSULATING LAYERS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES; QUANTUM DOTS; RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES; SENSING AREAS; SINGLE PHOTONS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 54149118809     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2978232     Document Type: Article

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