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• Antimonide m<strong>at</strong>erials<br />

• Mid Infrared lasers/detectors for<br />

Biomedical applic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

Defense <strong>and</strong> security applic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

Next gener<strong>at</strong>ion non-silica fibers<br />

Superl<strong>at</strong>tice Photodetectors<br />

TEM images<br />

GaSb cap<br />

Top InGaSb<br />

metamorphic layer<br />

n<br />

Top layer n+ In 0.1<br />

Ga 0.9<br />

Sb<br />

n<br />

InGaSb layers<br />

Undoped absorption layer<br />

InAs 0.816 Sb 0.184<br />

GaSb buffer<br />

GaSb substr<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Superl<strong>at</strong>tice Multiplic<strong>at</strong>ion layer<br />

In 0.1 Ga 0.9 Sb /AlInGaSb<br />

p<br />

p<br />

+ Bottom contact p+ In0.1 Ga 0.9 Sb ~ 0.5μm<br />

AFM image<br />

Metamorphically Graded Buffer<br />

from GaSb to In 0.15 Ga 0.85 Sb ~ 1.5μm<br />

p GaSb Substr<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Surface roughness: 0.175nm; Disloc<strong>at</strong>ion density: ~3x10 8 cm -2

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