INFRARED RESONANCE EXCITATION OF GAMMA-LAYERS - A SILICON-BASED INFRARED QUANTUM-WELL DETECTOR

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TEMPEL, G [1 ]
SCHWARZ, N [1 ]
MULLER, F [1 ]
KOCH, F [1 ]
ZEINDL, HP [1 ]
EISELE, I [1 ]
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[1] UNIV BUNDESWEHR,W-8014 MUNICH,GERMANY
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10.1016/0040-6090(90)90411-6
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T [工业技术];
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The resonant excitation of sub-bands in the self-consistent potential well formed by a δ-layer of antimony in silicon has been measured. The density-tuneable resonance of a single δ-layer has an absorption strength of the order of 50%. The expected splitting of the quantum states into two different sub-band ladders, caused by the multi-valley property of silicon, is obtained. Good agreement with self-consistent calculations can be obtained if an additional background of deep levels near the δ-layer is assumed. An IR detector concept is discussed. © 1990.
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