1986-08-05
1988-07-05
Davie, James W.
357 4, 357 13, H01L 2714, H01L 2712
Patent
active
047558601
ABSTRACT:
An avalanche photodetector using a quantum well superlattice in which impact ionization of carriers in the well layers occurs across the band-edge discontinuity is described.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4163237 (1979-07-01), Dingle et al.
patent: 4476477 (1984-10-01), Capasso
Capasso et al., "New Avalanche Multiplication Phenomenon in Quantum Well Superlattice: Evidence of Impact Ionization Across the Band-Edge Discontinuity, Appl. Phys. Letter, 48(19), 12 May 1986, pp. 1294-1296.
A New Infrared Detector Using Electron Emission from Multiple Quantum Wells; J. S. Smith, L. C. Chiu, S. Margalit and A. Yariv, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, vol. 1, No. 2, Apr.-Jun. 1983, pp. 376-378.
Allam Jeremy
Capasso Federico
Cho Alfred Y.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company AT&T Bell Laboratories
Davie James W.
Epps Georgia Y.
Laumann Richard D.
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