Voltage-tunable multiple quantum well photodetector vertically integrated with voltage-tunable multiple quantum well filter
- 21 June 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 62 (25) , 3229-3231
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.109082
Abstract
We present a n‐i[multiple quantum well (MQW)]‐p‐i(MQW)‐n device wherein the bottom MQW functions as a voltage‐tunable photodetector and the top MQW functions as a voltage‐tunable filter, allowing enhanced detectivity at the exciton wavelength compared to photon energies below or above the band gap. Thus this device more closely approximates a true single wavelength, voltage‐tunable photodetector. We achieve about 2–1 selectivity over a tuning range of 14 nm with 12 V operation.Keywords
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