Optimized photonic crystal design for quantum well infrared photodetectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8425, Issue , 2012, Pages

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

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Absorption enhancement; Mid infrared; Photonic crystal; Photonic crystal slab; Quality factor; Quantum well infrared photodetector; Resonant detection

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; MIDINFRARED; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; QUALITY FACTORS; RESONANT DETECTION;

DESIGN; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INFRARED DETECTORS; LATTICE CONSTANTS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS;

MICROCOMPUTERS;

EID: 84861833958     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.923045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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