Voltage-controlled electron tunneling from a single self-assembled quantum dot embedded in a two-dimensional-electron-gas-based photovoltaic cell

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Mar, J D ^a,b   Xu, X L ^a   Baumberg, J J ^b   Irvine, A C ^b   Stanley, C ^c   Williams, D A ^a  

^a HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; ELECTRON CONFINEMENT; GAAS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; INAS/GAAS; LASER ENERGIES; NEUTRAL EXCITONS; PC SPECTRA; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY; POWER BROADENING; QUANTUM-CONFINED STARK EFFECT; SELF ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS; SPINTRONIC DEVICE; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRANSITION ENERGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS (2DEG); VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED;

BANDWIDTH; BIAS VOLTAGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 80052928888     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3633216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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