White paper: NRC’s photodetector activities in the short-wavelength infrared

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40003531
Author	Search for: Walker, Alex¹ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-2140; Search for: Pitts, Oliver¹ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5740-9443; Search for: Flueraru, Costel¹; Search for: Boucherif, Aberrahim²; Search for: Springthorpe, Anthony²; Search for: Loghmany, Alireza²; Search for: Therrien, Patrick²; Search for: Salahuddin, Mohammad¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. Quantum and Nanotechnologies National Research Council of Canada. Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre
Format	Text, Technical Report
ISBN	978-0-660-78046-7
Physical description	10 p.
Abstract	III-V compound semiconductors are the most efficient solid state light emitters and photodetectors. They are the backbone of the laser and detector technologies underpinning optical fibre telecommunications. In addition, for state-of-the-art imaging applications, large area focal plane photodetector arrays (FPAs) in the short-wavelength infrared can be fabricated (SWIR: 1.0-1.7 µm range). These detector technologies are based on the indium phosphide (InP) platform, combined with indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) for the photon absorber material, and are considered to be the state-of-the-art material system targeting these wavelengths. The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Canadian Photonics and Fabrication Center (CPFC) have developed extensive capabilities in terms of design, epitaxy, fabrication, and testing of both laser and detector device structures. We are collaborating with other institutions, in Canada and internationally, on further developing these technologies for state-of-the-art performance, and extending our capabilities beyond the SWIR.
Publication date	2025-05-12
Publisher	National Research Council of Canada. Quantum and Nanotechnologies
Translated as	Walker, Alex, Oliver Pitts, Costel Flueraru, Aberrahim Boucherif, Anthony Springthorpe, Alireza Loghmany, Patrick Therrien, and Mohammad Salahuddin. ‘Livre Blanc : Activités Du CNRC En Matière De Photodétection Dans l”Infrarouge à Courte Longueur d”Onde’. Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Quantique et nanotechnologies, 12 May 2025. https://doi.org/10.4224/40003541.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	No
Identifier	NRC-QN-AEP-056-E NR16-486/2025E-PDF
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Record identifier	0e661108-b01d-4130-bb7d-c91e19a962a0
Record created	2025-07-09
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