Material and design engineering of (Al)GaN for high-performance avalanche photodiodes and intersubband applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7366, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Razeghi, M ^a   Bayram, C ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

AlGaN; Avalanche gain; Intersubband absorption; Superlattice; Terahertz; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ALGAN; AVALANCHE GAIN; INTERSUBBAND ABSORPTION; TERAHERTZ; ULTRAVIOLET;

ABSORPTION; ALUMINUM; FLIP CHIP DEVICES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MATERIALS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SUPERLATTICES;

MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

EID: 70349986964     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.819390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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