Detectivity enhancement in quantum well infrared photodetectors utilizing a photonic crystal slab resonator

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 5622-5628

  Kalchmair, S ^a   Gansch, R ^a   Ahn, S I ^a   Andrews, A M ^a   Detz, H ^a   Zederbauer, T ^a   Mujagic E ^a   Reininger, P ^a   Lasser, G ^a   Schrenk, W ^a   Strasser, G ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS; RESONATORS;

ABSORPTION PEAKS; COMBINED EFFECT; DETECTIVITY; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; MIDINFRARED LASERS; MODEL-BASED OPC; NOISE CURRENT; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; PLANE WAVE METHODS; RED SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; RESONANCE PEAK; RESONANT ABSORPTION; RESPONSIVITY; SINGLE MODE;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; PHOTOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; PHOTOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84857522789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.005622     Document Type: Article

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