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

P Didier, H Knötig, O Spitz, L Cerutti… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Space-to-ground high-speed transmission is of utmost importance for the development of a
worldwide broadband network. Mid-infrared wavelengths offer numerous advantages for …

High-speed mid-wave infrared uni-traveling carrier photodetector based on InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice

J Huang, Z Shen, Z Wang, Z Zhou… - IEEE Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-speed photodetectors operating at mid-wave infrared are crucial for free-space optical
communication and frequency comb spectroscopy. In this letter, we report a high-speed mid …

[HTML][HTML] High-speed mid-wave infrared holey photodetectors

Y Wang, L Nordin, S Dev, M Allen, J Allen… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate high-speed mid-wave infrared photoconductive detectors leveraging a
lattice-mismatched, epitaxially grown InSb absorber material patterned with nanometer …

[HTML][HTML] High-speed long-wave infrared ultra-thin photodetectors

Y Wang, AJ Muhowski, L Nordin, S Dev, M Allen… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The primary challenge for long-wavelength infrared (λ= 8–13 µm) detection has long been
the mitigation of dark current while achieving a high conversion efficiency of optical to …

[HTML][HTML] Intensity noise and modulation dynamics of an epitaxial mid-infrared interband cascade laser on silicon

H Kim, P Didier, S Zaminga, DA Díaz-Thomas… - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Interband cascade lasers typically have significantly lower threshold current and power
consumption than quantum cascade lasers. They can also have advantages regarding costs …

Response time of the type-II superlattice InAs/InAsSb mid-infrared interband cascade photodetector for HOT conditions

K Dąbrowski, W Gawron, Ł Kubiszyn… - Optics & Laser …, 2025 - Elsevier
The article presents III-V InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice (T2SL) mid-wave infrared (MWIR,
100% cut-off wavelength, λ cut-off∼ 7.5 μm at 333 K) interband cascade photodetector …

[HTML][HTML] Toward robust and practical interband cascade laser frequency combs: A perspective

I Vurgaftman, CD Merritt, CL Canedy, CS Kim… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Multimode emission from a semiconductor laser can sometimes take the form of a low-noise
frequency comb with equidistant separation between the modes. Two general types of …

The response time of the high operating temperature and very long wavelength type-II superlattice InAs/InAsSb interband cascade photodetectors

K Dąbrowski, Ł Kubiszyn, W Gawron… - IEEE Electron …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper shows III-V InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice (T2SL) very long wavelength (VLWIR,
100% cut-off wavelength, m at 330 K) interband cascade photodetector designed to …

[PDF][PDF] Interband cascade lasers and detectors: From active region design to devices

HM Knötig - 2022 - scholar.archive.org
The mid-infrared spectral region presents unrivaled opportunities for the spectroscopy of a
vast variety of molecules that exhibit their fundamental roto-vibrational absorption lines in …

[PDF][PDF] SWIR SESAMs for Modelocked Semiconductor and Solid-state Lasers

J Heidrich - 2023 - research-collection.ethz.ch
When Albert Einstein first described the principle of stimulated emission in 1917 [1], he
presumably could not imagine the consequences of his findings. It took over four decades …