abstract = "<p>Quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs) are known for their stability, high pixel-to-pixel uniformity, and high-pixel operability, which are essential for large area imaging arrays. In this paper, we discuss the initial demonstration of QWIP devices, and the many years of progress that propelled this technology toward the demonstration of large format focal plane arrays. In addition, we present some potential applications of this technology in science and medicine.</p>",
author = "Gunapala, Sarath D and Bandara, Sumith V and Liu, John K and Mumolo, Jason M and Rafol, Sir B and Ting, David Z and Soibel, Alexander and Hill, Cory",
issn = "1077-260X",
journal = "IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics",
keywords = "Detectors ; Noise ; Gallium Arsenide ; Absorption ; Cameras ; Dark Current ; Engineering ; Physics",
language = "eng",
number = "6",
pages = "154,165",
publisher = "IEEE",
title = "Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector Technology and Applications",
abstract = "Very uniform In 0.53 Ga 0.47 As was grown on InP by liquid phase epitaxy. The electron mobility is 8450 cm 2 /Vsec at 300 K and 27700 cm 2 /Vsec at 77 K. The mobility increases with decreasing temperature from 300 to 77 K in contrast to the results of In 1− x Ga x As grown directly on GaAs by vapor phase epitaxy. The energy gap of this high‐mobility material is 0.750 eV at room temperature.",
author = "Takeda, Yoshikazu and Sasaki, Akio and Imamura, Yujiro and Takagi, Toshinori",
issn = "0021-8979",
journal = "Journal of Applied Physics",
language = "eng",
number = "12",
pages = "5405,5408",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
title = "Electron mobility and energy gap of In 0.53 Ga 0.47 As on InP substrate",
volume = "47",
year = "1976-12",
}
@article{aip_complete10.1063/1.90860,
abstract = "The band-edge effective mass for conduction electrons in Ga x In 1-x As y P 1-y has been determined for several different alloy compositions covering the complete range of alloys grown lattice-matched on InP. Measurements show that the effective mass varies nearly linearly with alloy composition.",
author = "Nicholas, R. J. and Portal, J. C. and Houlbert, C. and Perrier, P. and Pearsall, T. P.",
title = "An experimental determination of the effective masses for Ga x In 1-x As y P 1-y alloys grown on InP",
volume = "34",
year = "1979",
}
@article{aip_complete10.1063/1.92393,
abstract = "We report the use of optical pumping in p -type Ga x In 1-x As y P 1-y nearly lattice-matched to InP. Analysis of the conduction‐electron spin‐polarized photoluminescence has been used to deduce the valence‐band light‐hole effective mass as a function of alloy composition. Our results are in good agreement with masses calculated using the k·p approximation.",
author = "Hermann, Claudine and Pearsall, Thomas P.",
abstract = "Protein misfolding and self-assembly of disease-related and disease-unrelated proteins and peptides into highly ordered β-sheet-rich amyloid fibrils converts this self-assembly pathway in a ‘generic property’ of polypeptide chains. Hence, to gain a detailed knowledge about the underlying packing and fibrillation mechanisms of such a process the use of model proteins appears to be the key. Human serum albumin (HSA) appears to be an excellent candidate because it is highly abundant and plays fundamental biologic roles; it also displays a complex tertiary structure without any propensity to fibrillation in its native state. Thus, in this chapter, we first give a very brief summary of the main aspects of the origin of protein fibrillation. Subsequently, we describe how the various factor induce HSA fibrillation, and we also describe the possible aggregation pathways and the structure of the resulting fibrils."
