• DocumentCode
    783398
  • Title

    Room-Temperature Heterodyne Detection up to 110 GHz With a Quantum-Well Infrared Photodetector

  • Author

    Grant, P.D. ; Dudek, R. ; Buchanan, M. ; Liu, H.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Microstructural Sci., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    2218
  • Lastpage
    2220
  • Abstract
    A measurement of the photoresponse of a quantum-well infrared photodetector is presented. The detector response was measured from 80 K to 300 K. At 300 K, the high-frequency photocurrent response was measured up to 110 GHz and demonstrated a 1/omega decay
  • Keywords
    heterodyne detection; infrared detectors; photodetectors; quantum well devices; 1/omega decay; 110 GHz; 80 to 300 K; detector response; heterodyne detection; high-frequency response; infrared photodetector; photocurrent response; photoresponse; quantum-well photodetector; room-temperature detection; DC generators; Frequency measurement; Infrared detectors; Optical mixing; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Quantum well lasers; Quantum wells; Temperature; Time measurement; Charge carrier lifetime; heterodyning; infrared detectors; quantum-well device;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2006.884267
  • Filename
    1707814