• DocumentCode
    733410
  • Title

    Broadband (3.9–9.6 μm) photocurrent in quantum cascade detector with diagonal transitions

  • Author

    Penello, G.M. ; Merkel, B. ; Sivco, D.L. ; Gmachl, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    By carefully designing diagonal transitions in the active region, we present a broadband mid-infrared quantum cascade detector with photocurrent ranging from 3.9 to 9.6 μm, more than 2 times broader than stacked designs.
  • Keywords
    infrared detectors; photoconductivity; photodetectors; active region; broadband mid-infrared quantum cascade detector; broadband photocurrent; diagonal transitions; wavelength 3.9 mum to 9.6 mum; Adaptive optics; Detectors; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Photoconductivity; Stationary state;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183849