Si/SiGe quantum cascade superlattice designs for terahertz emission

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Matmon, G ^a   Paul, D J ^b   Lever, L ^c   Califano, M ^c   Ikonic Z ^c   Kelsall, R W ^c   Zhang, J ^d   Chrastina, D ^e   Isella, G ^e   Von Kanel H ^e   Muller E ^f   Neels, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR; COMPACT SOURCES; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; HETERO-INTERFACES; HIGH OUTPUT; HOLE STATE; P-TYPE; QUANTUM CASCADES; SI/SIGE; SUB-BANDS; TERAHERTZ EMISSIONS; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCIES; THZ FREQUENCIES;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GERMANIUM; LIGHT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPERLATTICES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DESIGN;

EID: 77949728309     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3319653     Document Type: Article

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