• DocumentCode
    552059
  • Title

    Mid-infrared QCL as a tunable resonant amplifying photodetector

  • Author

    Guo, Dingkai ; Chen, Xing ; Cheng, Liwei ; Belyanin, Alexey ; Choa, Fow-Sen

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    297
  • Lastpage
    298
  • Abstract
    We report a tunable mid-infrared photo-detector based on quantum cascade laser (QCL). The device is biased below and near threshold and it performs as a resonant optical amplifier and at the same time a photo-detector.
  • Keywords
    infrared detectors; photodetectors; quantum cascade lasers; mid-infrared QCL; quantum cascade lasers; resonant optical amplifier; tunable mid-infrared photodetector; tunable resonant amplifying photodetector; Couplings; Gain; Materials; Monitoring; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
  • Conference_Location
    Kaohsiung
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-288-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-986-02-8974-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6015132