Light coupling characteristics of corrugated quantum-well infrared photodetectors

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-142

  Choi, Kwong Kit ^a   Leung, Kok Ming ^b   Tamir, Theodor ^b   Monroy, Carlos ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Electromagnetic modeling; Focal plane array (FPA); Infrared detector

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CORRUGATED QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS; INFRARED FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; LIGHT COUPLING; MODAL TRANSMISSION LINE; OPTICAL FRINGES;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 1242263850     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.821531     Document Type: Article

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