Mid-infrared Semiconductor Optoelectronics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Krier, Anthony (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2006.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 118
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Engineering, general.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Condensed Matter Physics.

The practical realisation of optoelectronic devices operating in the 2–10 µm (mid-infrared) wavelength range offers potential applications in a variety of areas from environmental gas monitoring around oil rigs and landfill sites to the detection of pharmaceuticals, particularly narcotics. In additi...