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
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