Quantum dots-in-a-well focal plane arrays

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1150-1161

  Vandervelde, Thomas E ^a   Lenz, Michael C ^b   Varley, Eric ^b   Barve, Ajit ^a   Shao, Jiayi ^a   Shenoi, Rajeev V ^a   Ramirez, David A ^a   Jang, Wooyong ^a   Sharma, Yagya D ^a   Krishna, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal plane array (FPA); III V; Infrared detectors; Photodetectors; Quantum dots (QDs); Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; FOCUSING; INFRARED DETECTORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

ACTIVE REGION; BACK UP; FEMTOSECOND SPECTROSCOPY; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY (FPA); HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; III-V; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; QUANTUM DOT INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM DOTS (QDS); QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR; QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 48949101275     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.918246     Document Type: Article

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