Advantages and disadvantages of sulfur passivation of InAs/GaSb superlattice waveguide photodiodes

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Hoffmann, J ^a   Lehnert, T ^a   Hoffmann, D ^a   Fouckhardt, H ^a  

^a France   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFIDE; FORWARD BIAS; INAS/GASB SUPERLATTICES; MIDINFRARED; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; REVERSE LEAKAGE CURRENT; SULFUR PASSIVATION; ZERO-BIAS RESISTANCE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SULFUR; SUPERLATTICES; WAVEGUIDES;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 78349297902     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/24/6/065008     Document Type: Article

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