Presentation 2017-08-31
Room temperature quantum cascade detector based on coupled quantum well design
Tatsuo Dougakiuchi, Kazuue Fujita, Toru Hirohata, Akio Ito, Masahiro Hitaka, Tadataka Edamura,
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Abstract(in English) High photoresponse in a room temperature quantum cascade detector (QCD) based on a coupled quantum well design is reported with a peak detection wavelength of 5.4 μm. In this design, forward electron transfer is engineered to be five times as large as relaxation back to the ground level. In this situation, the coupled quantum well QCD indicates a responsivity of 7 mA/W as well as a specified detectivity (D*) of 2.5×10^7 cmW^-1Hz^1/2, both at room temperature with commonly used 45? wedge configuration. Applying a waveguide configuration for the proposed QCD, an elevated responsivity of ~40 mA/W with a D* of 3.5×10^7 cmW^-1Hz^1/2 was obtained at room temperature. A laser absorption spectroscopy for N2O gas with proposed QCD and a distributed feedback quantum cascade laser has been also demonstrated.
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Keyword(in English) Quantum cascade detector / Mid-infrared / Coupled quantum well / Room temperature operation / Waveguide configuration / Laser absorption spectroscopy
Paper # R2017-30,EMD2017-24,CPM2017-45,OPE2017-54,LQE2017-27
Date of Issue 2017-08-24 (R, EMD, CPM, OPE, LQE)

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Committee R / EMD / CPM / LQE / OPE
Conference Date 2017/8/31(2days)
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Chair Tetsushi Yuge(National Defense Academy) / Yoshiteru Abe(NTT-AT) / Fumihiko Hirose(Yamagata Univ.) / Tsuyoshi Yamamoto(Fujitsu Labs.) / Kazutoshi Kato(Kyushu Univ.)
Vice Chair Akira Asato(Fujitsu) / / Mayumi Takeyama(Kitami Inst. of Tech.) / Kiichi Hamamoto(Kyusyu Univ.) / Kouki Sato(Furukawa Electric Industries)
Secretary Akira Asato(Hosei Univ.) / (RTRI) / Mayumi Takeyama(Tohoku Gakuin Univ.) / Kiichi Hamamoto(Muroran Inst. of Tech.) / Kouki Sato(Nihon Univ.)
Assistant Shinji Inoue(Kansai Univ.) / Hiroyuki Okamura(Hiroshima Univ.) / Yoshiki Kayano(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Yuichi Akage(NTT) / Yasumasa Kawakita(Furukawa Electric Industries) / Naoki Fujiwara(NTT) / Takuo Tanemura(Univ. of Tokyo)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Reliability / Technical Committee on Electromechanical Devices / Technical Committee on Component Parts and Materials / Technical Committee on Lasers and Quantum Electronics / Technical Committee on OptoElectronics
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Room temperature quantum cascade detector based on coupled quantum well design
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Quantum cascade detector
Keyword(2) Mid-infrared
Keyword(3) Coupled quantum well
Keyword(4) Room temperature operation
Keyword(5) Waveguide configuration
Keyword(6) Laser absorption spectroscopy
1st Author's Name Tatsuo Dougakiuchi
1st Author's Affiliation Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.(Hamamatsu Photonics)
2nd Author's Name Kazuue Fujita
2nd Author's Affiliation Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.(Hamamatsu Photonics)
3rd Author's Name Toru Hirohata
3rd Author's Affiliation Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.(Hamamatsu Photonics)
4th Author's Name Akio Ito
4th Author's Affiliation Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.(Hamamatsu Photonics)
5th Author's Name Masahiro Hitaka
5th Author's Affiliation Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.(Hamamatsu Photonics)
6th Author's Name Tadataka Edamura
6th Author's Affiliation Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.(Hamamatsu Photonics)
Date 2017-08-31
Paper # R2017-30,EMD2017-24,CPM2017-45,OPE2017-54,LQE2017-27
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) R-191,EMD-192,CPM-193,OPE-194,LQE-195
Page pp.pp.31-36(R), pp.31-36(EMD), pp.31-36(CPM), pp.31-36(OPE), pp.31-36(LQE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-08-24 (R, EMD, CPM, OPE, LQE)