1. Quantum cascade detectors
- Author
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Giorgetta, Fabrizio R., Baumann, Esther, Graf, Marcel, Quankui Yang, Manz, Christian, Kohler, Klaus, Beere, Harvey E., Ritchie, David A., Linfield, Edmund, Davies, Alexander, Fedoryshyn, Yuriy, Jackel, Heinz, Fischer, Milan, Fisher, Milan, Faist, Jerome, and Hofstetter, Daniel
- Subjects
Infrared detectors -- Design and construction ,Quantum electronics -- Analysis ,Quantum wells -- Analysis ,Business ,Computers ,Electronics ,Electronics and electrical industries - Abstract
The design, fabrication and characterization of quantum cascade detectors are described. They are tailorable infrared photodetectors that are based on intersubband transitions in semiconductor quantum wells that does not need an external bias voltage due to their asymmetric conduction band profile.
- Published
- 2009