Terahertz intersubband absorption in GaN/AlGaN step quantum wells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  MacHhadani, H ^a   Kotsar, Y ^b   Sakr, S ^a   Tchernycheva, M ^a   Colombelli, R ^a   Mangeney, J ^a   Bellet Amalric, E ^b   Sarigiannidou, E ^c   Monroy, E ^b   Julien, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAT BAND; INTERSUBBAND ABSORPTION; OPTICAL DIPOLES; STEP BARRIER; STEP QUANTUM WELLS; STRUCTURE DESIGN; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ FREQUENCY RANGE;

ABSORPTION; GALLIUM NITRIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 78249232647     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3515423     Document Type: Article

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