Mid-wavelength infrared unipolar nBp superlattice photodetectorMWIR detectorsType-II strained layer superlatticeBarrier engineeringDark currentQuantum efficiency
Driven bright solitons on a mid-infrared laser chip New fully integrated semiconductor laser architectures are shown to be able to generate bright and background-free picosecond solitons at GHz repetition rates in the mid-infrared range. Dmitry Kazakov ...
Waveguide integrated optical modulators in the mid-infrared wavelength range are of significant interest for molecular spectroscopy. This is because on-chip synchronous detection can improve the performance of detection systems and can also be used for free-space communications where optical modulators work...
Structures and methods are provided for temporarily bonding handler wafers to device wafers using bonding structures that include one or more releasable layers which are laser-ablatable using mid-wavelength infrared radiationDANG, BingKNICKERBOCKER, John U....
The achieved minimum pulse width was 6.2 ns for the two wavelengths, producing pulse peak powers of 23.3 and 18.7 kW for 3295 and 3469 nm, respectively. The wavelength designability and power scalability makes the parallel stacked OPO a promising multi-wavelength mid-infrared laser ...
Infrared colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) have been of interest due to their low-cost fabrication and facile wavelength tunability for various infrared optoelectronic applications. Recently, the mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) quantum dot sensor has been successfully realized by forming a photodiode via a...
Lasers in the mid-infrared spectral region — often described as the wavelength range between 3 and 30 μm — are very useful in molecular spectroscopy because many molecules have unique spectral signatures in that region. With sufficient power, such lasers are also very attractive as optical ...
This Review discusses the emerging field of mid-infrared frequency comb generation, including technologies based on novel laser gain media, nonlinear frequency conversion and microresonators, as well as the applications of these combs in precision spectr
Active mid-infrared (MIR) imagers capable of retrieving three-dimensional (3D) structure and reflectivity information are highly attractive in a wide range of biomedical and industrial applications. However, infrared 3D imaging at low-light levels is still challenging due to the deficiency of sensitive...
Mid-wave infrared (MWIR) photonics, typically referring to the wavelength range of 2–5 µm, has the potential to enable next-generation breakthroughs in a wide area of applications, including sensing1, spectroscopy2,3, medical diagnostics4,5 and communications6. Recently, MWIR devices were ...