Room-temperature efficient light detection by amorphous Ge quantum wells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Cosentino, Salvatore ^a   Miritello, Maria ^a   Crupi, Isodiana ^a   Nicotra, Giuseppe ^b   Simone, Francesca ^a   Spinella, Corrado ^b   Terrasi, Antonio ^a   Mirabella, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Germanium; Light absorption; Nanostructures; Quantum confinement effect

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILICA; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

GE FILMS; GE QUANTUM WELL; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT DETECTION; OPTICAL OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; ULTRA-THIN;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84876926860     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-128     Document Type: Article

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