Detectors and Semiconductor Lasers
Infrared photodetectors
Development of components and manufacturing processes for
high-performance photodetectors
SWIR (≤ 1,7 µm)—InGaAs/InP-SPADs
Single photon detection at wavelengths around 15xx nm
- LiDAR
- Quantum Key Distribution
MWIR (3–5 μm) to eSWIR (≤ 2.6 μm)—Type II superlattice
High Operating Temperature Infrared Imaging (SWaP-C)
- Mono- and bispectral thermal imaging devices with the highest spatial resolution
- Event-based and hyperspectral imaging
Disk lasers and quantum cascade lasers
Development and production of optically pumped semiconductor wafer lasers and quantum cascade lasers for sensors, communication, measurement and medical technology along the semiconductor value chain (from design and material to system)
Optically pumped semiconductor disk lasers
- Emission range: 1,9–2,8 µm
- Class A laser with precisely tunable emission wavelength
- Ideal pumping source for solid-state lasers inside and outside resonators as well as for nonlinear optical crystals
Quantum cascade lasers
- Wavelength range: 4–12 µm
- Scan frequency up to 1 kHz
- Broadly tunable
- Compact and combinable modules
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