High-resolution QWIP FPAs for the 8- to 12-µm and 3- to 5-µm regimes

Harald Schneider; Joachim Fleissner; Robert Rehm; Martin Walther; Wilfried Pletschen; Peter Koidl; Guenter Weimann; Johann Ziegler; Rainer Breiter; Wolfgang A. Cabanski

doi:10.1117/12.451319

23 January 2003 High-resolution QWIP FPAs for the 8- to 12-μm and 3- to 5-μm regimes

Harald Schneider, Joachim Fleissner, Robert Rehm, Martin Walther, Wilfried Pletschen, Peter Koidl, Guenter Weimann, Johann Ziegler, Rainer Breiter, Wolfgang A. Cabanski

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Proceedings Volume 4820, Infrared Technology and Applications XXVIII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.451319
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2002, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

We report on our QWIP focal plane array (FPA) developments for the 8 - 12 μm and 3 - 5 μm regimes. In the long-wavelength infrared, we have realized several types of QWIP FPAs with array sizes from 256 × 256 to 640 × 512 pixels and with different active regions, giving rise to photoconductive and photovoltaic operation, respectively. Best thermal resolution in the 8 - 12 μm regime is obtained with low-noise QWIP FPAs which are based on a photovoltaic QWIP structure. Special emphasis is given to our work on a 640 × 512 mid-wave QWIP FPA, which is based on strained InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells lattice matched to a GaAs substrate. By optimizing the carrier concentration and the geometry of the two-dimensional grating with 1.65 μm period, a high quantum efficiency of more than 10% in the long-wavelength part of the 3 - 5 µm regime is achieved, resulting in an excellent thermal resolution of only 14.3 mK.

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Harald Schneider, Joachim Fleissner, Robert Rehm, Martin Walther, Wilfried Pletschen, Peter Koidl, Guenter Weimann, Johann Ziegler, Rainer Breiter, and Wolfgang A. Cabanski "High-resolution QWIP FPAs for the 8- to 12-μm and 3- to 5-μm regimes", Proc. SPIE 4820, Infrared Technology and Applications XXVIII, (23 January 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.451319

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