quantum well

quantum well
a potential well that confines particles in one dimension, forcing them to occupy a planar region

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  • Quantum well — A quantum well is a potential well with only discrete energy values. One technology to create quantization is to confine particles, which were originally free to move in three dimensions, to two dimensions, forcing them to occupy a planar region …   Wikipedia

  • quantum well — kvantinė potencialo duobė statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. quantum well vok. Quantenmulde, f rus. квантовая потенциальная яма, f pranc. puits de potentiel quantique, m …   Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas

  • Quantum well laser — Origin of the concept of quantum wells= In 1972, Charles H. Henry, a physicist and newly appointed Head of the Semiconductor Electronics Research Department at Bell Laboratories, had a keen interest in the subject of integrated optics, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Quantum well infrared photodetector — A quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP), is an infrared photodetector made from semiconductor materials which contain one or more quantum wells. These can be integrated together with electronics and optics to make infrared cameras for… …   Wikipedia

  • quantum-well structure — darinys su kvantinėmis duobėmis statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. quantum well structure vok. Quanteneffektenstruktur, f rus. структура с квантовыми ямами, f pranc. structure à effets quantiques, f …   Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas

  • Quantum cascade laser — Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are semiconductor lasers that emit in the mid to far infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and were first demonstrated by Jerome Faist, Federico Capasso, Deborah Sivco, Carlo Sirtori, Albert Hutchinson,… …   Wikipedia

  • Quantum heterostructure — is a heterostructure in a substrate (usually a semiconductor material), with size restricting the movements of the charge carriers and forcing them into a quantum confinement, leading to formation of a set of discrete energy levels at which the… …   Wikipedia

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  • Quantum dot laser — A quantum dot laser is a semiconductor laser that uses quantum dots as the active laser medium in its light emitting region. Due to the tight confinement of charge carriers in quantum dots, they exhibit an electronic structure similar to atoms.… …   Wikipedia

  • Quantum wire — In condensed matter physics, a quantum wire is an electrically conducting wire, in which quantum effects are affecting transport properties. Due to the confinement of conduction electrons in the transverse direction of the wire, their transverse… …   Wikipedia

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