Mode-switchable dual-color infrared quantum cascade detector

Yixuan Zhu; Shenqiang Zhai; Kun Li; Kai Guo; Qiangqiang Guo; Jinchuan Zhang; Shuman Liu; Lijun Wang; Fengqi Liu; Junqi Liu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.509686

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 2, 253(2024)

Mode-switchable dual-color infrared quantum cascade detector Editors' Pick

Yixuan Zhu^1,2, Shenqiang Zhai^1,2,3, Kun Li^1,2, Kai Guo^1,2, Qiangqiang Guo^1,2, Jinchuan Zhang^1,2, Shuman Liu^1,2, Lijun Wang^1,2, Fengqi Liu^1,2, and Junqi Liu^1,2、*

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China

²Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³e-mail: zsqlzsmbj@semi.ac.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Optical Devices

Received: Oct. 18, 2023

Accepted: Dec. 2, 2023

Published Online: Jan. 25, 2024

The Author Email: Junqi Liu (jqliu@semi.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.509686

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.509686

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