NRC's Photodetector Activities in the Short-Wavelength Infrared

14 August 2025

III-V compound semiconductors are the most efficient solid state light emitters and photodetectors. They are the backbone of the laser and detector technologies underpinning optical fibre telecommunications. In addition, for state-of-the-art imaging applications,). The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has developed extensive capabilities in terms of design, epitaxy, fabrication, and testing of both laser and detector device structures, such as large area focal plane photodetector arrays (FPAs) in the short-wavelength infrared (SWIR: 1.0-1.7 μm range).