Photocurrent modeling and detectivity optimization in a resonant-tunneling quantum-dot infrared photodetector

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 849-859

  Naser, Mohamed A ^a   Deen, M Jamal ^a   Thompson, David A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nonequilibrium Greens functions; Photodetector modeling; Photodetectors; Quantum dot infrared photodetectors(QDIPs)

Indexed keywords

APPLIED BIAS; BARRIER SEPARATION; BOUND STATE; CONTINUUM STATE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DETECTIVITY; DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; DOPING DENSITIES; EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; FERMI GOLDEN RULE; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FIRST-ORDER; KINETIC EQUATIONS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; NONEQUILIBRIUM GREENS FUNCTIONS; PHOTOCURRENT CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOCURRENT MODELING; PHOTON EMISSIONS; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; QUANTUM-DOT INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS; QUASI-FERMI LEVEL; RESPONSIVITY; SELF ENERGY; THEORETICAL MODELING; TRANSITION RATES;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FERMIONS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RESONANT TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; WIND TUNNELS;

GREEN'S FUNCTION;

EID: 77949368504     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2010.2040245     Document Type: Article

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