(International Workshop on Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors)

June 18-24, 2006 Kandy  Sri Lanka

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Program

Sunday June 18

 

Tutorial (i)

 

Chair: K. Tennakone

4:30 PM

QWIPs: Simple physics for practical applications.

K. K. Choi, Army Research Laboratory,  USA

 

7:00 PM

 Welcome Reception (at the “Pool Terrace”)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Everyday breakfast will be served in “Rasa Wasala” From 6:30 – 9:30 AM)

Monday June 19

 

                     QWIP 2006 Conference Technical Sessions

(in the “Magul Maduwa”)

 

8:45  AM

Welcome address and opening remarks, A. G. U. Perera, Georgia State University, USA

 

Infrared Device Physics

Chair:  K. K. Choi

9:00 AM

Advanced Space-Based Detector Research at the Air Force Research Laboratory. P. M. Alsing, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA

 

9:25 AM

 

Autocorrelation Measurements of Free-Electron Laser Radiation Using a Two-Photon QWIP. H. Schneider, Institute of Ion-Beam Physics and Materials Research, Germany

 

9:50 AM

Non-Gaussian dark current noise in a p-type quantum-well infrared photodetectors. Y. Paltiel, Soreq NRC, Israel

 

10:15 AM

Effect of ion implantation on quantum well infrared photodetectors. N. Hatefi-Kargan, University of Leeds, UK

 

10:40 AM

Tea/Coffee Break

Chair: S. Gunapala 

11:15 AM

30 years of IR development in Israel, Gabby Sarusi, Elop, Israel

 

11:40 AM

Van Hove singularities in intersubband transitions in multiquantum well photodetectors. J. L. Rouzo, ONERA, France

 

12:05 AM

 

The Study of Temperature Dependence of Photoelectron Transport in Superlattice and Quantum Wells. J. H. Lu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

 

12:30 PM

 

Normal incidence silicon-doped p-type GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetector on (111) A substrate. T. Mei, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

 

1:00 PM

Lunch 

 Chair: Manijeh Razeghi

2:30 PM

Optimization of corrugated-QWIPs for large format, high quantum efficiency, and multi-color FPAs. K. K. Choi, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA

 

2:55 PM

Band Structure and Impurity Effects on Optical Properties of Quantum Well and Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors. Y. C. Chang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

 

3:20 PM

Homo and Heterojunction Dual Band Detectors A. G. U. Perera, Georgia State University, USA

 

3:45 PM

Tea/Coffee Break 

Chair: Antoni Rogalski

4:15 PM

Transport in quantum cascade detectors. V. Berger, University of Paris, France

 

4.40 PM

Broadband 8 – 12 µm quantum-well infrared photodetectors. H. C. Liu, NRC, Canada

 

Tutorial (ii)

5:05 PM

QWIP Camera Development and Applications.

H. Schneider, Institute of Ion-Beam Physics and Materials Research, Germany 

 

  

Tuesday June 20

Physics of Q Dots

 

 Chair:   W. Siripala

9:00 AM

MDA next generation IR detector development.

Meimei Tidrow, Missile Defense Agency, USA

 

9:25 AM

 

Long-Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetector (QDIP) Focal Plane Array.

S. D. Gunapala, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

 

9:50 AM

 

Room temperature intraband photodetection at 1.3-1.5 µm in self assembled GaN/AlN quantum dots. G. Bahir, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

 

10:15 AM

Multi-Color Tunneling Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors Operating at Room Temperature. G. Ariyawansa, Georgia State University, USA

 

10:40 AM

Tea/Coffee Break 

Chair: Paul Alsing

11:15 AM

 

Enhancing the performance of InAs/InGaAs quantum dots-in-a-well infrared photodetectors. P. Aivaliotis, University of Sheffield, UK

 

11:40 AM

High density nanometer-scale InSb dots formation using droplets heteroepitaxial growth by MOCVD for MWIR detectors. Y. Paltiel, Soreq NRC, Israel

 

12:05 PM

 

Infrared absorption of ordered quantum dot arrays.

W. Q. Ma, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

 

12:30 PM

 

Temperature dependence responsivity of quantum dot infrared photodetectors. S. Y. Wang, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Taiwan.

 

1:00 PM

Lunch

 

Novel Directions  (Multi / Broad Band Detectors)

 

 Chair: Harold Schneider

2:30 PM

QWIP vs. QDIP. Manijeh Razeghi, Northwestern University, USA

 

2:55 PM

Characterization of GaAs/AlGaAs based QWIPS.

M. Thirumavalavan, Bharat Electronics Limited, India

 

3:20 PM

Plasmonic enhancing nanoantennas for photo detection. Prabath Hewageegana, Georgia State University, USA

 

3:45 PM

Tea/Coffee Break 

Chair: H. C. Liu

4:15 PM

 

Detection Wavelength Tuning and Dark current modeling for GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors using MATLAB. M. Thirumavalavan (for S. Shah) Bharat Electronics Ltd, India

 

4.40 PM

NIR, MWIR and LWIR Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector using Interband and Intersubband Transitions. F. Durante, ITA, Brazil

 

5:05 PM

MBE Grown Type-II Superlattice Photodiodes. C. J. Hill, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

 

6:00 PM

Traditional Sri Lankan Cultural Show (At the Hotel)

  

Wednesday June 21

7:30 AM

Excursion to Sigiriya & Dambulla (meet at the Lobby)

(A hat, sunglasses and comfortable shoes for walking/climbing will be useful.)

Thursday June 22

Novel Directions (Terahertz Detectors)

 

Chair: Vincent Berger 

8:00 AM

Terahertz Quantum Well Photodetectors. H. C. Liu, NRC, Canada

 

8:25 AM

 

THz range quantum well detector.         M. Patrashin, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology,  Japan

 

8:50 AM

 

Resonant terahertz photomixing devices based on integration of QWIP and HEMT utilizing plasma effects. M. Ryzhii, University of Aizu, Japan

 

9:15 AM

Si doped n-type GaAs/AlGaAs Terahertz  Detectors.

A. Weerasekara, Georgia State University, USA

 

9:40 AM

Tea/Coffee Break 

Chair: Meimei Tidrow 

10:15 AM

 

Focal Plane Development at NVESD. Fenner Milton, Director, Night Vision & Electronic Sensors, Department of the Army (NVESD), USA

 

10:40 AM

Quantum Mechanical effects on the threshold of Internal Photoemission (p-type) THz Detectors. M. B. M. Rinzan, Georgia State University, USA

 

11:05 PM

 

Characteristics of high responsivity 8.5 µm InGaAs/InP QWIPs grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy.B. M. Arora, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India

 

11:30 PM

 

Monolithically Integrated Near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared Detector Array for Spectral Imaging. S. V. Bandara, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

 

12:00 PM

Lunch 

QWIP/QDIP Focal Plane Arrays

 

Chair: E. Costard

1:30 PM

Multi-Color Megapixel QWIP Focal Plane Arrays for Remote Sensing Instruments. S. D. Gunapala, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

 

1:55 PM

Responsivity of small pixels (10-23 µm) for LWIR (9 µm) QWIP FPAs. Alexandru Nedelcu, Thales Research And Technology, France

 

2:20 PM

Development of a 1K x 1K, 8-12 micrometer QWIP Array.

M. Jhabvala, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

 

2:45 PM

Tea/Coffee Break  

Chair: S. Sivananthan 

3:15 PM

 

Material considerations for third generation photon detectors including QWIPs, HgCdTe and type II superlattices. Antoni Rogalski,  Military University of Technology Warsaw, Poland

 

3.40 PM

LWIR/SWIR Switchable Two Color Imager based on InP/InGaAs Integrated HBT/QWIP and SEE-SPOT LWIR/NIR Technology Demonstrator. N. Cohen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

 

4:05 PM

Thales Long Wave QWIP Thermal Imagers. Eric Costard, Thales Research and Technology, France

 

4:30 PM

A movie making use of a QWIP camera (20 minutes DVD movie + 15 minutes discussion). V. Berger, University of Paris and Thales Research and Technology, France

 

5:00 PM

QWIP related processes and novel directions. H. C. Liu, NRC, Canada

 

7:00 PM

Banquet (at the “Magul Maduwa”) 

 

Friday June 23

Other Detector Technologies

 

Chair: Laxman Dissanayake

8:00 AM

1/f Noise in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells and NIR Photon Detectors. K. Tennakone, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka

 

8:25 AM

 

Effects of a p-n Junction on Heterojunction Far Infrared Detectors. S. G. Matsik, Georgia State University, USA

 

8:50 AM

 

High Operating Temperature (HOT) Split-off Band IR Detectors. P. V. V. Jayaweera, Georgia State University, USA

 

9:15 AM

Present Status of HgCdTe Material and Detectors and its Future Directions. S. SivananthanU. Illinois at

 

9:40 AM

Tea/Coffee Break

Tutorials (iii) & (iv)

Chair: K. K. Choi

10:00 AM

Photon Detection using Dye Sensitized semiconductor heterostructures.  K. Tennakone, IFS, Sri Lanka

 

11:00 AM

Detector Panel Discussion (moderator: G. Sarusi)

 

12:00 PM

Collaboration Panel Discussion (moderator: T. De Silva)  

 

1:00 PM

Lunch 

Saturday June 24th : After breakfast  transportation to Colombo Airport. (via Kandy City, Elephant Orphanage)

Arriving at the Airport: 5:00 PM

 

Absentee Abstracts

 

 

A review of noise models for quantum well photodetectors. Anna Carbone, Politecnico, Italy

 

 

Synthesis and Characterization of n+-p Doped Si/Ge Nanowires for Near-infrared Applications. Hsi-Lien Hsiao,

Department of Physics, Tunghai University, Taiwan

 

 

320×256 photosensitive module based on quantum well IR photodetectors. D. G. Esaev, Russian Academy of Sciences Novosibirsk, Russia

 

 

Design optimization of InAs/GaSb superlattices for mid-IR wavelengths. Gail Brown, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA

 

 

Inter-Dot Coupling and Electron Tunneling in Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetector. V. Apalkov, Georgia State University, USA

 

 

Electric and Magnetic Field Tunability of Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors. V. Apalkov, Georgia State University, USA

 

 

Effect of conduction band non parabolicity on the dark current in a quantum well infrared photodetector. Sudhira Panda, Institute of Mathematics and Applications, India

 

 

 

 

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