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Superlattice optical device

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5381159
A semiconductor optical device which includes a superlattice having direct transitions between conduction band and valence band states with the same wave vector, the superlattice being formed from a plurality of alternating layers of two or more different materials, at least the material with the smallest bandgap being an indirect bandgap material.
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
Assignee:
SNL; EDB-84-037321
Patent Number(s):
None
Application Number:
ON: DE84005903
OSTI ID:
5381159
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English