Bio-inspired infrared retina with nanoscale quantum dots and type II superlattices

Author

Krishna, Sanjay

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

10-12 Jan. 2011

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

46

Abstract

Bio-inspired infrared retina with nanoscale quantum dots and type II superlattices are reported. Predictions about the fourth generation of infrared detectors using two material systems, which are emerging as promising infrared detector technologies as prototypes. These are (i) InAs/lnGaAs self assembled quantum dots in well (DWELL) hetereostructure and lnAs/(ln,Ga)Sb strain layer superlattices (SLS) detectors.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; bio-inspired materials; gallium arsenide; image sensors; indium compounds; infrared detectors; internal stresses; nanofabrication; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; self-assembly; semiconductor heterojunctions; semiconductor quantum dots; semiconductor superlattices; InAs-(InGa)Sb; InAs-InGaAs; bio-inspired infrared retina; fourth generation infrared detectors; nanoscale quantum dots; self assembled quantum dots in well hetereostructure; strain layer superlattices; type II superlattices; Detectors; Infrared detectors; Pixel; Quantum dots; Retina; Superlattices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Keystone, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8428-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730038

Filename

5730038