Investigation of Broad-Band Quantum-Well Infrared Photodetectors for 8-14-μm Detection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 312-319

  Chu, J ^a   Li, Sheng S ^a,c   Singh, A ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad band; Dark current; In GaAs AlGaAs; InGaAs GaAs; Long wavelength infrared; Quantum well infrared photodetectors; Responsivity

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INFRARED DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

BROAD-BAND QUANTUM-WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS (BB-QWIP); LONG-WAVELENGTH INFRARED (LWIR);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0033100337     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.748836     Document Type: Article

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