Title :
A novel design and simulation of resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) corrugated quantum well infrared photodetectors (C-QWIP) using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method
Author :
Kim, Jang Pyo ; Sarangan, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Electro-Optics Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, U.S.A. kimjangz@notes.udayton.edu
Abstract :
A resonant cavity implementation of the corrugated quantum well infrared photodetector with polarization control is demonstrated using the FDTD method. Simulation results demonstrate more than 30% enhancement in quantum efficiency using this unique approach.
Keywords :
corrugated quantum well infrared photodetectors (C-QWIP); finite difference time domain (FDTD); form birefringence; quantum efficiency; resonant cavity enhanced (RCE); Birefringence; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Finite difference methods; Gallium arsenide; Gratings; Optical reflection; Photodetectors; Polarization; Resonance; Time domain analysis; corrugated quantum well infrared photodetectors (C-QWIP); finite difference time domain (FDTD); form birefringence; quantum efficiency; resonant cavity enhanced (RCE);
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology, 2006. IEEE-NANO 2006. Sixth IEEE Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0077-5
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2006.247560
