@article{3e0242ef550d42b2a4d54ecc95f170b6,
title = "Carrier Scattering Approach to the Origins of Dark Current in Mid- and Far-Infrared (Terahertz) Quantum-Well Intersubband Photodetectors (QWIPs)",
abstract = "A carrier scattering approach is taken in an analysis of the affect on the dark current of extending the operating wavelength of conventional bound to continuum quantum-well intersubband photodetectors. It is found that both the sequential tunneling and the thermionic emission contributions to the dark current increase as the wavelength of the detector is extended from the mid- to far-infrared. Dark current designs rules are derived.",
keywords = "Far-infrared, Infrared, Intersubband, Quantum wells, QWIP, Terahertz (THz)",
author = "Etteh, {Nkaepe E.I.} and Paul Harrison",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received July 24, 2000; revised January 25, 2001. This work was supported by the Institute of Microwaves and Photonics, the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, and The University of Leeds. The authors are with the Institute of Microwaves and Photonics, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K. (e-mail:
[email protected]). Publisher Item Identifier S 0018-9197(01)03482-0.",
year = "2001",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/3.918580",
language = "English",
volume = "37",
pages = "672--675",
journal = "IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics",
issn = "0018-9197",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "5",
}