Recent results on superlattice transport and optoelectronics applications

Authors
Palmier, JF Minot, C Harmand, JC Sibille, A Tanguy, D Penard, E
Citation
Jf. Palmier et al., Recent results on superlattice transport and optoelectronics applications, SUPERLATT M, 25(1-2), 1999, pp. 13-19
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES
ISSN journal
07496036 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
13 - 19
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-6036(199901/02)25:1-2<13:RROSTA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Recent results involving miniband transport in superlattices at millimetre (mm) wave frequencies are reviewed. The miniband negative differential cond uctance up to very high frequencies allows for a new kind of device, the su perlattice photo-oscillator A practical application for optical to mm-wave conversion is demonstrated. An analysis of the intrinsic limitations in the transport processes led to recent progress in the understanding of superla ttices physics involving Zener inter-miniband tunneling. (C) 1999 Academic Press.