NEW OPTICAL MEMORY STRUCTURE USING SELF-ASSEMBLED INAS QUANTUM DOTS

被引:138
作者
IMAMURA, K [1 ]
SUGIYAMA, Y [1 ]
NAKATA, Y [1 ]
MUTO, S [1 ]
YOKOYAMA, N [1 ]
机构
[1] HOKKAIDO UNIV, FAC ENGN, SAPPORO, HOKKAIDO 060, JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 11A期
关键词
INAS; SELF-ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS (QDS); PHOTOCURRENT; WAVELENGTH-DOMAIN-MULTIPLICATION MEMORY; MEMORY RETENTION TIME;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.34.L1445
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We propose a new optical memory structure using self-assembled InAs quantum dots (QDs) for possible applications to wavelength-domain-multiplication memory, which should lead to increase memory density. Data stored in this memory structure can be read using photocurrent and then erased electrically. In a preliminary study, we confirmed the memory effect of photocurrent caused by the InAs QDs for the first time. A retention time of 0.48 ms for the memory was obtained at 300 K.
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页码:L1445 / L1447
页数:3
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