100 mW deep-ultraviolet emission from aluminium-nitride-based quantum wells pumped by an electron beam

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 767-771

  Oto, Takao ^a   Banal, Ryan G ^a   Kataoka, Ken ^b   Funato, Mitsuru ^a   Kawakami, Yoichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b USHIO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE DESIGNS; CARRIER CONFINEMENTS; ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCES; WATER PURIFICATION;

ALUMINUM; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NITRIDES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 78049484874     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.220     Document Type: Article

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