Mid-infrared Optoelectronics : Materials, Devices, and Applications

Mid-infrared Optoelectronics: Materials, Devices, and Applications addresses the new materials, devices and applications that have emerged over the last decade, along with exciting areas of research. Sections cover fundamentals, light sources, photodetectors, new approaches, and the application of mid-IR devices, with sections discussing LEDs, laser diodes, and quantum cascade lasers, mid-infrared optoelectronics, emerging research areas, dilute bismide and nitride alloys, Group-IV materials, gallium nitride heterostructures, and new nonlinear materials. Finally, the most relevant applications of mid-infrared devices are reviewed in industry, gas sensing, spectroscopy, and imaging.

This book presents a key reference for materials scientists, engineers and professionals working in R&D in the area of semiconductors and optoelectronics.

• Provides a comprehensive overview of mid-infrared photodetectors and light sources and the latest materials and devices
• Reviews emerging areas of research in the field of mid-infrared optoelectronics, including new materials, such as wide bandgap materials, chalcogenides and new approaches, like heterogeneous integration
• Includes information on the most relevant applications in industry, like gas sensing, spectroscopy and imaging

Eric Tournié is a professor of electrical engineering and photonics at the University of Montpellier, France, and a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is a specialist in compound semiconductor heterostructures and optoelectronic devices, with a focus on mid-infrared optoelectronics.

Laurent Cerutti is an Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier, France. His research activities focus on the development and MBE (molecular beam epitaxy) growth of Sb-base photonic devices, mainly for the development of MIR cascade lasers grown on native and lattice mismatched substrate.