Demonstration of 640×512 Pixels long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) quantum dot infrared photodetector (QDIP) focal plane array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6479, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gunapala, S D ^a   Bandara, S V ^a   Hill, C J ^a   Ting, D Z ^a   Liu, J K ^a   Rafol, S B ^b   Blazejewski, E R ^a   Mumolo, J M ^a   Keo, S A ^a   Krishna, S ^c   Chang, Y C ^d   Shott, C A ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Infravision Systems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e FLIR Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal plane array; Infrared detector; Quantum dots (QDs)

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

INCIDENT LIGHT; LONG-WAVELENGTH INFRARED (LWIR); PEAK DETECTIVITY; REFLECTION GRATING;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 34248641684     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.698051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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