RESPONSE-TIME MEASUREMENT OF A MID-INFRA-RED PHOTODETECTOR

Authors
DEBARROS MRX BECKER PC MIRANDA RS WEST LC DUNKEL J ROBERTS CW STAYT JW SWAMINATHAN V
Citation
Mrx. Debarros et al., RESPONSE-TIME MEASUREMENT OF A MID-INFRA-RED PHOTODETECTOR, Electronics Letters, 30(13), 1994, pp. 1093-1094
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
13
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1093 - 1094
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:13<1093:RMOAMP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A direct measurement of the speed of a GaAs/Al0.2Ga0.8As quantum well infra-red photodetector is made using fast pulses centred at 9.7mum. T he electrical response of the detector has rise and decay times of les s than 95ps and the FWHM is 115ps.