Recollections of MCT work in the UK at Malvern and Southampton

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7298, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Elliott, Tom ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auger suppressed; Avalanche photodiode; Bridgman; Heterostructures; Loophole; LPE; MCT; MOVPE; Negativeluminescence; SPRITES; Two colour

Indexed keywords

BRIDGMAN; HETEROSTRUCTURES; LOOPHOLE; LPE; MCT; MOVPE; NEGATIVELUMINESCENCE; SPRITES; TWO-COLOUR;

AUGERS; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; COLOR; CRYSTALS; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTODIODES; SILICON WAFERS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 69949167274     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.820214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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