Multi-color QWIP FPAs for hyperspectral thermal emission instruments

Alexander Soibel; Ed Luong; Jason M. Mumolo; John Liu; Sir B. Rafol; Sam A. Keo; William Johnson; Dan Willson; Cory J. Hill; David Z.-Y. Ting; Sarath D. Gunapala

doi:10.1117/12.2003323

4 February 2013 Multi-color QWIP FPAs for hyperspectral thermal emission instruments

Alexander Soibel, Ed Luong, Jason M. Mumolo, John Liu, Sir B. Rafol, Sam A. Keo, William Johnson, Dan Willson, Cory J. Hill, David Z.-Y. Ting, Sarath D. Gunapala

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Proceedings Volume 8631, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices X; 86310R (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003323
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Infrared focal plane arrays (FPAs) covering broad mid- and long-IR spectral ranges are the central parts of the spectroscopic and imaging instruments in several Earth and planetary science missions. To be implemented in the space instrument these FPAs need to be large-format, uniform, reproducible, low-cost, low 1/f noise, and radiation hard. Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors (QWIPs), which possess all needed characteristics, have a great potential for implementation in the space instruments. However a standard QWIP has only a relatively narrow spectral coverage. A multi-color QWIP, which is compromised of two or more detector stacks, can to be used to cover the broad spectral range of interest. We will discuss our recent work on development of multi-color QWIP for Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer instruments. We developed QWIP compromising of two stacks centered at 9 and 10.5 μm, and featuring 9 grating regions optimized to maximize the responsivity in the individual subbands across the 7.5-12 μm spectral range. The demonstrated 1024x1024 QWIP FPA exhibited excellent performance with operability exceeding 99% and noise equivalent differential temperature of less than 15 mK across the entire 7.5-12 μm spectral range.

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Alexander Soibel, Ed Luong, Jason M. Mumolo, John Liu, Sir B. Rafol, Sam A. Keo, William Johnson, Dan Willson, Cory J. Hill, David Z.-Y. Ting, and Sarath D. Gunapala "Multi-color QWIP FPAs for hyperspectral thermal emission instruments", Proc. SPIE 8631, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices X, 86310R (4 February 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003323

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