Electromagnetic wave detector

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1992-06-30

1994-07-05

Jackson, Jerome

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Thin active physical layer which is

Heterojunction

257 17, 257189, 257449, 257451, 25037014, 2503384, H01L 29205, H01L 2956, H01L 3106

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ABSTRACT:
An electromagnetic wave detector comprises a stack of quantum wells included between an ohmic contact and a rectifier junction which may be a barrier (Al.sub.y Ga.sub.1-y As) with a forbidden band width that is greater than that of the barriers of the quantum wells.

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