NORMAL INCIDENCE HOLE INTERSUBBAND ABSORPTION LONG WAVELENGTH GAAS/ALXGA1-XAS QUANTUM-WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS

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LEVINE, BF
GUNAPALA, SD
KUO, JM
PEI, SS
HUI, S
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10.1063/1.106170
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The first long wavelength quantum well infrared photodetector based on valence band intersubband absorption holes is demonstrated. A normal incidence quantum efficiency of eta = 28% and detectivity of D-lambda* = 3.1 x 10(10) cm square-root Hz/W at T = 77 K, for a cutoff wavelength lambda-c = 7.9-mu-m, have been achieved.
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