Quantum Dots-in-a-Well Focal Plane Arrays

In this paper, the basics and some of the recent developments in quantum dots-in-a-well (DWELL) focal plane arrays (FPAs) are reviewed. Fundamentally, these detectors represent a hybrid between a conventional quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP) and a quantum dot infrared photodetector (QDIP), in which the active region consists of quantum dots (QDs) embedded in a quantum well (QW). This hybridization grants DWELLs many of the advantages of its components. These advantages include normally incident photon sensitivity without gratings or optocoupers, like QDIPs, and reproducible control over operating wavelength through ldquodial-in recipesrdquo as seen in QWIPs. Recently reported high-temperature operation results for DWELL FPAs now back up the conclusions drawn by the long carrier lifetimes observed in DWELL heterostructures using femtosecond spectroscopy. This paper will conclude with a preview of some upcoming advances in the field of DWELL FPAs.

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