Mid-infrared Semiconductor Optoelectronics

Materials and Device Design Considerations.- Theory of Mid-wavelength Infrared Laser Active Regions: Intrinsic Properties and Design Strategies.- Band Structure and High-pressure Measurements.- Lasers.- III-Sb-based Type-I QW Diode Lasers.- VCSELs Emitting in the 2-3 µm Wavelength Range.- Antimonide Type-II "W" Lasers.- Interface Lasers with Asymmetric Band Offset Confinement.- IV-VI Semiconductors for Mid-infrared Optoelectronic Devices.- Mid-infrared Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers based on the Lead Salt Compounds.- Optically Pumped MIR Lasers.- Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers.- LEDs and Detectors.- Mid-infrared Electroluminescence in LEDs Based on InAs and Related Alloys.- LED-Photodiode Opto-pairs.- QWIP Detectors for the MWIR.- Negative Luminescence.- Mid-infrared Quantum Dot Photodetectors.- Quantum Photovoltaic Devices Based on Antimony Compound Semiconductors.- High-speed Avalanche Photodiodes for the 2-5 µm Spectral Range.- Applications.- Infrared Methods for Gas Detection.- Mid-infrared Biomedical Applications.- Development of Infrared Countermeasure Technology and Systems.- Survey of Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) Devices.

Professor Anthony Krier is the head of the Condensed Matter Division of the Physics Department at Lancaster University, UK. His research is in the optoelectronic properties of semiconductor and polymer materials and the fabrication of diode and laser devices emitting in the 2-10 µm (mid-infrared) range. He is the co-ordinator of the Mid-infrared Network. This EPSRC (UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) network has been created to bring together expertise and facilitate research in key areas of semiconductor materials growth, device physics and fabrication in order to advance the technology of mid-infrared optoelectronics. The network links centres of excellence throughout the UK and Europe. This book represents a collaboration between many of these labs which has been substantially supplemented (nearly 50% of the text) by contributions from leading American researchers in this field.