• DocumentCode
    3015348
  • Title

    Ultrafast optical response of InAs quantum dots for photoconductive applications

  • Author

    Sengupta, A. ; Upadhya, P.C. ; Lachab, M. ; Fan, W.H. ; Cunningham, J.E. ; Davies, A.G. ; Linfield, E.H. ; Missous, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Leeds, Leeds
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Optical pump-probe measurements have been performed on superlattices of self-organised InAs quantum dots embedded in GaAs. These structures exhibit subpicosecond photocarrier lifetimes when excited at 800 nm, which increase with the ex situ annealing temperature.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; annealing; carrier lifetime; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; self-assembly; semiconductor quantum dots; semiconductor superlattices; InAs-GaAs; annealing; optical pump-probe measurements; photoconductive applications; self-organised quantum dots; subpicosecond photocarrier lifetimes; superlattices; ultrafast optical response; wavelength 800 nm; Annealing; Biomedical optical imaging; Gallium arsenide; Optical pumping; Optical superlattices; Photoconducting materials; Photoconductivity; Quantum dots; Temperature; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453179
  • Filename
    4453179