Quantum well infrared photodetectors for low background applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3379, Issue , 1998, Pages 225-234

  Gunapala, Sarath D ^a   Bandara, Sumith V ^a   Singh, Anjali ^b   Liu, John K ^a   Luong, Edward M ^a   Mumolo, Jason M ^a   McKelvey, M J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FOCUSING; GALLIUM; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

HIGH PERFORMANCE; LOW BACKGROUND; QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR (QWIP); QUANTUM WELLS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 0000667050     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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