Control of electric field domain formation in multiquantum well structures
- 23 August 1993
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 63 (8) , 1101-1103
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.109793
Abstract
The formation, expansion, and readjustment of electric field domains in multiquantum well stacks is described and explained in terms of sequential resonant tunneling. These effects are used to control the multiband spectral response in IR detector applications of these structures.Keywords
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