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Mid-infrared quantum cascade detectors for applications in spectroscopy and pyrometry
Auteur(s)
Giorgetta, Fabrizio R.
Baumann, Esther
Yang, Quankui
Manz, Christian
Köhler, Klaus
Date de parution
2010
In
Applied Physics B : Lasers and Optics, Springer, 2010/100/2/313-320
Résumé
In this paper, we give an overview of quantum cascade detector technology for the near- and mid-infrared wavelength range. Thanks to their photovoltaic operating principle, the most advanced quantum cascade detectors offer great opportunities in terms of high detection speed, reliable room temperature operation, and excellent Johnson noise limited detectivity. Besides some important features dealing with their fabrication and their general characteristics, we will also briefly present some possibilities for performance improvement. Elementary theoretical considerations adopted from photoconductive detectors confirm that optimization of such devices always involves various trade-offs.
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