Spectroscopic determination of the doping and mobility of terahertz quantum cascade structures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Lloyd Hughes, J ^a   Delley, Y L ^a   Scalari, G ^a   Fischer, M ^a   Liverini, V ^a   Beck, M ^a   Faist, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE REGIONS; CONTACT LAYERS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; GAAS/ALGAAS; IN-PLANE; INGAAS/INALAS; LASER OPERATIONS; LO PHONONS; MOMENTUM SCATTERING; QUANTUM CASCADE STRUCTURES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; TERAHERTZ QUANTUM-CASCADE LASERS; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANT TUNNELING; SCATTERING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 70450277842     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3247973     Document Type: Article

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