Abstract
The development of room temperature infrared (IR) detectors for wavelengths beyond NIR will open up many applications that are currently limited due to cooling requirements. Three approaches are discussed, which show promise for room temperature IR detection. Tunneling quantum dot (QD) detector, utilizes a tunneling barrier in order to block the dark current while permitting the photocurrent to pass through due to resonance effects, has shown room temperature response for a detector operating at 6 and 17μm. The PbS QDs in a dielectric medium utilizes electronic polarizability of QDs, sensing only the variations of the radiation intensity, operating at ambient temperature. This method allows narrow multiple response bands. A GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction detector, utilizing light, heavy and split-off hole transition in a p-doped semiconductor, shows a threshold of 3.4μm operating up to 330K.
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