Project

SOPHIRE –Surface chemistry and opto-electronicproperties of InAs quantum dots for short-wave infrared(SWIR)photodiodes

Code

1SF6323N

Duration

01 November 2022 → 31 October 2026

Funding

Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Zeger Hens

Fellow

Jaqueline de Oliveira Rocha

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Nonlinear optics and spectroscopy
- Photonics, optoelectronics and optical communications
Engineering and technology
- Nanomaterials
- Photodetectors, optical sensors and solar cells
- Materials synthesis

Keywords

Photodiode Infrared Quantum Dots

Project description

Imaging scenes using short-wave infrared (SWIR) light would be an enabling sensing technology if affordable SWIR imagers were available. The latest generation of printable semiconductors, such as InAs quantum dots (QDs), offer this possibility. Within this project, we will investigate the fundamentals of charge transport in InAs QD photodiodes to create the essential building block of next generation SWIR imagers.