Vertically coupled quantum-dot infrared photodetectors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 796-798

  Lo, Ming Cheng ^a   Wang, Shiang Yu ^b   Ling, Hong Shi ^b   Lee, Chien Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Infrared detectors; Photodetectors; Quantum dots (QDs); Quantum effect semiconductor devices

Indexed keywords

CARRIER FLOW; COUPLED QUANTUM DOTS; COUPLED STATE; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM EFFECT SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; QUANTUM-DOT INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS; SIZE VARIATION;

DETECTORS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INFRARED DETECTORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77952267089     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2046030     Document Type: Article

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