BAND OFFSETS IN HEAVILY DOPED P-TYPE GESI/SI(100) STRAINED LAYERS - APPLICATIONS TO DESIGN OF LONG WAVELENGTH INFRARED (LWIR) DETECTORS

被引:2
作者
JAIN, SC
POORTMANS, J
NIJS, J
VANMIEGHEM, P
MERTENS, RP
VANOVERSTRAETEN, R
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[1] IMEC, B 3001 Leuven
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10.1016/0167-9317(92)90470-C
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We show that the effect of heavy B doping modifies considerably the valence band offsets of the layers as well as the calculated cut-off wave-lengths of LWIR detectors.
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页码:439 / 442
页数:4
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