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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 4, 582(2023)

Interband cascade technology for energy-efficient mid-infrared free-space communication

Pierre Didier1,2、*, Hedwig Knötig3, Olivier Spitz1,4, Laurent Cerutti5, Anna Lardschneider2, Elie Awwad1, Daniel Diaz-Thomas5, A. N. Baranov5, Robert Weih6, Johannes Koeth6, Benedikt Schwarz3, and Frédéric Grillot1,7
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  • 1LTCI Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau 91120, France
  • 2mirSense, Centre d’intégration NanoInnov, Palaiseau 91120, France
  • 3Institute for Solid State Electronics, TU Wien, 1040 Vienna, Austria
  • 4Currently with CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
  • 5Institut d’Electronique et des Systèmes, Université de Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5214, Montpellier 34000, France
  • 6Nanoplus Nanosystems and Technologies GmbH, 97218 Gerbrunn, Germany
  • 7Center for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA
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    Pierre Didier, Hedwig Knötig, Olivier Spitz, Laurent Cerutti, Anna Lardschneider, Elie Awwad, Daniel Diaz-Thomas, A. N. Baranov, Robert Weih, Johannes Koeth, Benedikt Schwarz, Frédéric Grillot, "Interband cascade technology for energy-efficient mid-infrared free-space communication," Photonics Res. 11, 582 (2023)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Oct. 26, 2022

    Accepted: Dec. 20, 2022

    Published Online: Mar. 24, 2023

    The Author Email: Pierre Didier (pierre.didier@telecom-paris.fr)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.478776

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