Quantum well infrared photodetector research and development at Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3379, Issue , 1998, Pages 382-395

  Gunapala, Sarath D ^a   Bandara, Sumith V ^a   Liu, John K ^a   Hong, Winn ^a   Luong, Edward M ^a   Mumolo, Jason M ^a   McKelvey, M J ^a   Sengupta, Deepak K ^a   Singh, Anjali ^b   Shott, C A ^c   Carralejo, Ronald J ^c   Maker, Paul D ^a   Bock, James J ^a   Ressler, Michael E ^a   Werner, Michael W ^a   Krabach, Timothy N ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Broadband detectors; Dualband detectors; Focal plane arrays; Infrared detectors; Quantum wells

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; CAMERAS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; FOCUSING; INFRARED DETECTORS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; NASA; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; WAVELENGTH; WELLS;

BROADBAND DETECTORS; DETECTOR DESIGN; DUALBAND DETECTORS; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL); LOW BACKGROUND; MATERIAL GROWTH; QUANTUM MECHANICS (QM); QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR (QWIP); QUANTUM WELLS; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 0001595685     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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