Carrier transport in inGaN MQWs of aquamarine- and green-laser diodes

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1390-1401

  Sizov, Dmitry S ^a   Bhat, Rajaram ^a   Zakharian, Aramais ^a   Song, Kechang ^a   Allen, Donald E ^a   Coleman, Sean ^a   Zah, Chung En ^a  

^a Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic transport; carrier capture; carrier transport; gallium nitride; green laser; InGaN laser; quantum well (QW); semipolar orientation; thermionic current; tunneling

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC TRANSPORTS; CARRIER CAPTURE; GREEN LASER; INGAN LASER; QUANTUM WELL; SEMIPOLAR; THERMIONIC CURRENTS;

BALLISTICS; CARRIER TRANSPORT; GALLIUM NITRIDE; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 80053959767     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2116770     Document Type: Article

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