Self-assembled semiconductor quantum dot infrared photodetector operating at room temperature and focal plane array

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6542, Issue I, 2007, Pages

  Lim, Ho Chul ^a   Tsao, Stanley ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Razeghi, Manijen ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector; Focal plane array; InAs; Infrared; InP; MOCVD; MWIR; Quantum dot; Quantum efficiency

Indexed keywords

ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOT INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 35648994956     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.719670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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