Research on terahertz quantum well photodetector

Zhen-Zhen ZHANG; Zhang-Long FU; Chang WANG; Jun-Cheng CAO

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.01.006

Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 41, Issue 1, 2021374(2022)

Research on terahertz quantum well photodetector

Zhen-Zhen ZHANG¹, Zhang-Long FU¹, Chang WANG^1,2, and Jun-Cheng CAO^1,2、*

¹Laboratory of Terahertz Solid-State Technology，Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Shanghai 200050，China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering，University of Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100049，China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Nov. 17, 2021

Accepted: --

Published Online: Apr. 18, 2022

The Author Email: Jun-Cheng CAO (jccao@mail.sim.ac.cn)

DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.01.006

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