Quantum well avalanche multiplication initiated by 10 &mgr;m intersubband absorption and photoexcited tunneling
作者:
B. F. Levine,
K. K. Choi,
C. G. Bethea,
J. Walker,
R. J. Malik,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 51,
issue 12
页码: 934-936
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1063/1.98806
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
We have achieved avalanche gain at a wavelength of 10.3 &mgr;m in AlxGa1−xAs/GaAs quantum well superlattices. The photoelectrons are generated by resonant intersubband absorption and tunneling, and then avalanche via hot‐electron impact ionization of carriers out of the quantum wells. Good agreement is obtained between a theoretical calculation of this process and our experiments.
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