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Paper Abstract
At the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, we are investigating detector concepts of
use in Space Situational Awareness scenarios. For such applications, the object of interest is usually far away and
often very dim. Our challenge becomes trying to identify such dim/distant space objects. To that end, we are
investigating two optical signal amplification schemes and a wavelength-tunable detector scheme. One of the
amplification schemes involves quantum interference in quantum dots in photonic crystal cavities, and one of the
schemes involves near-field enhancements due to plasmonic interactions on patterned metal surfaces. The tunable
detector scheme involves burying semiconductor quantum dots in one quantum well of a double-quantum-well
structure, and then biasing the structure laterally.
Paper Details
Date Published: 5 May 2010
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 7679, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications II, 767903 (5 May 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.851072
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7679:
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications II
Thomas George; M. Saif Islam; Achyut Kumar Dutta, Editor(s)
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 7679, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications II, 767903 (5 May 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.851072
Show Author Affiliations
D. A. Cardimona, Air Force Research Lab. (United States)
D. H. Huang, Air Force Research Lab. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7679:
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications II
Thomas George; M. Saif Islam; Achyut Kumar Dutta, Editor(s)
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