Auger rate suppression in confined structures
NRL
The present invention is generally directed to a method of suppressing the Auger rate in confined structures, comprising replacing an abrupt confinement potential with either a smooth confinement potential or a confinement potential of a certain size found by increasing the confinement potential width until the Auger recombination rate undergoes strong oscillations and establishes a periodic minima. In addition, the present invention provides for the design of structures with high quantum efficiency.
Inventors:
Efros, Alexander L.; Cragg, George E.
Patent Number:
Technical domain:
Materials and Coatings
FIle Date:
2009-12-22
Grant Date:
2013-03-12
Grant time:
1,176 days
Grant time percentile rank:
21
Claim count percentile rank:
3
Citations percentile rank:
1
'Cited by' percentile rank:
1
Assignee:
US NAVY
