Abstract
Combination of InGaAs/InP heterojunction photodetector with nematic liquid crystal (LC) as the electro-optic modulating material for optically addressed spatial light modulator for short wavelength infra-red (SWIR) to visible light image conversion was designed, fabricated, and tested. The photodetector layer is composed of 640 × 512 photodiodes array based on heterojunction InP/InGaAs having 15 μm pitch on InP substrate and with backside illumination architecture. The photodiodes exhibit extremely low, dark current at room temperature, with optimum photo-response in the SWIR region. The photocurrent generated in the heterojunction, due to the SWIR photons absorption, is drifted to the surface of the InP, thus modulating the electric field distribution which modifies the orientation of the LC molecules. This device can be attractive for SWIR to visible image upconversion, such as for uncooled night vision goggles under low ambient light conditions.
| Original language | American English |
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| Article number | 021103 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 11 Jan 2016 |
Keywords
- Electric currents
- Electro-Optics
- Heterostructures
- Light emitting diodes
- Liquid Crystals
- Optical modulators
- Photoconductivity
- Photodetectors
- Photodiodes
- Semiconductor
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)