Patent ID: 11870005
Assignee: THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An optoelectronic device, comprising:
at least one quantum well, wherein the at least one quantum well has a quantum well band gap; and
at least one quantum dot incorporated in the quantum well, wherein the at least one quantum dot has a quantum dot band gap;
wherein the quantum well band gap is larger than the quantum dot band gap, wherein the at least one quantum dot comprises periodic quantum dot arrays in that at least one quantum well, wherein the periodic quantum dot arrays have an effective barrier height, a characteristic tunneling length, and a distance between quantum dots, and wherein the effective barrier height is adjusted by adjusting the distance between quantum dots and by having a distance between quantum dots larger than the characteristic tunneling length.