Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors: Physics and Applications

✍ Scribed by Dr. Harald Schneider, Dr. Hui Chun Liu (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 257
• Series: Springer Series in OPTICAL SCIENCES 126
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Addressed to both students as a learning text and scientists/engineers as a reference, this book discusses the physics and applications of quantum-well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs). It is assumed that the reader has a basic background in quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and semiconductor devices. To make this book as widely accessible as possible, the treatment and presentation of the materials is simple and straightforward. The topics for the book were chosen by the following criteria: they must be well-established and understood; and they should have been, or potentially will be, used in practical applications. The monograph discusses most aspects relevant for the field but omits, at the same time, detailed discussions of specialized topics such as the valence-band quantum wells.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 4-4
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Basics of Infrared Detection....Pages 5-12
Semiconductor Quantum Wells and Intersubband....Pages 13-44
Photoconductive QWIP....Pages 45-81
Photovoltaic QWIP....Pages 83-95
Optical Coupling....Pages 97-105
Miscellaneous Effects....Pages 107-138
Related Structures and Devices....Pages 139-172
Front Matter....Pages 174-174
Thermal Imaging....Pages 175-201
Dynamics, Ultrafast, and Heterodyne....Pages 203-228
Conclusions and outlook....Pages 229-229
Back Matter....Pages 231-250

✦ Subjects

Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering