QUANTUM-WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR RESPONSE CONTROLLED BY VERY LOW-POWER VISIBLE SOURCE

被引:1
作者
BERGER, V
VODJDANI, N
机构
[1] Thomson-CSF, Laboratoire Central de Recherches, 91404 Orsay cedex, Domaine de Corbeville
关键词
PHOTODETECTORS; INFRARED DETECTORS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19921269
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An optically controlled quantum well infra-red photodetector is presented. The visible illumination changes the bias across the resistor-biased multiquantum well diode, and hence changes its photoresponse. The responsivity of the detector is controlled over several orders of magnitude with only a few milliwatts of control beam power.
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页码:1980 / 1981
页数:2
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