High conversion efficiency inp/ingaas strained quantum well infrared photodetector focal plane array with 9.7 μm cut-off for high-speed thermal imaging

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-168

  Eker, Suleyman Umut ^a   Arslan, Yetkin ^a   Onuk, Ahmet Emre ^a   Besikci, Cengiz ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Focal plane array; Infrared detector

Indexed keywords

ALGAAS/GAAS; BACKGROUND LIMITED PERFORMANCE; BROAD SPECTRAL; CUT-OFF; CUTOFF WAVELENGTHS; DETECTIVITY; EPILAYER STRUCTURES; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH-SPEED THERMAL IMAGING; INP/INGAAS; LARGE FORMAT; LIMITED SENSITIVITY; LONG WAVELENGTH; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; NOISE EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE; PEAK RESPONSIVITY; QUANTUM WELL; READ-OUT CIRCUIT; STRAINED QUANTUM WELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DETECTORS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; FOCUSING; GALLIUM; INDIUM; INFRARED DETECTORS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 73949124713     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2030152     Document Type: Article

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