Title :
Mid-infrared QCL as a tunable resonant amplifying photodetector
Author :
Guo, Dingkai ; Chen, Xing ; Cheng, Liwei ; Belyanin, Alexey ; Choa, Fow-Sen
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We report a tunable mid-infrared photo-detector based on quantum cascade laser (QCL). The device is biased below and near threshold and it performs as a resonant optical amplifier and at the same time a photo-detector.
Keywords :
infrared detectors; photodetectors; quantum cascade lasers; mid-infrared QCL; quantum cascade lasers; resonant optical amplifier; tunable mid-infrared photodetector; tunable resonant amplifying photodetector; Couplings; Gain; Materials; Monitoring; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
