Far infrared and terahertz quantum well intra-subband photodetector (QWISP)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6660, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ting, David Z Y ^a   Chang, Yia Chung ^b   Bandara, Sumith V ^a   Gunapala, Sarath D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Far infrared; Intra subband; Photodetector; Quantum well; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; INFRARED RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

FAR INFRARED; HETEROJUNCTION INTERNAL PHOTOEMISSION (HIP); INTRA-SUBBAND; QUANTUM-WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR (QWIP);

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 42149108006     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.735138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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