Terahertz sensing based on impurity transitions in delta-doped GaAs/AlAs multiple quantum wells

Dalius Seliuta, Bronislovas Čechavičius, Julius Kavaliauskas, Saulius Balakauskas, Gintaras Valušis, Ben Sherliker, Matthew Halsall, Mohamed Lachab, Suraj P. Khanna, Paul Harrison, H. Edmund Linfield

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    Abstract

    Impurity bound-to-unbound transitions are used to demonstrate normal incidence terahertz detection in both n- and p-type multiple quantum wells. Photocurrents are detected between 0.6-4.2 THz, and between 3.7-7.3 THz, in silicon- and beryllium-doped GaAs/AlAs structures, respectively, at temperatures below 40 K. The temporal resolution of the photocurrent response is estimated to be ≈ 4 ns. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)183-184
    Number of pages1
    JournalAIP Conference Proceedings
    Volume1199
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

    Keywords

    • GaAs/AlAs quantum wells
    • Impurity transitions
    • Terahertz sensing

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