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  • 2015 - OSA Fellows Sarath D. Gunapala NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA For contributions to the development of quantum-structure-based infrared detectors and focal plane arrays.
  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to infrared detectors and focal plane arrays
  • 2008 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Sarath D. Gunapala is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics covered in Sarath D. Gunapala's research include:

  • Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials
  • Infrared Target Detection Methodologies
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Photonic and Optical Devices

Notable recent publications by Gunapala include:

  • "InAs/InAsSb Type-II Strained-Layer Superlattice Infrared Photodetectors," 2020, Micromachines
  • "Long wavelength InAs/InAsSb superlattice barrier infrared detectors with p-type absorber quantum efficiency enhancement," 2021, Applied Physics Letters
  • "Resonant Grating-Enhanced Black Phosphorus Mid-Wave Infrared Photodetector," 2022, Nano Letters
  • "Optically controlled quantum thermal gate," 2020, Physical Review B
  • "Long Wavelength InAs/InAsSb Infrared Superlattice Challenges: A Theoretical Investigation," 2020, Journal of Electronic Materials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Gunapala are:

  • Alexander Soibel (22 publications)
  • Malin Premaratne (20 publications)
  • David Z. Ting (19 publications)
  • Arezou Khoshakhlagh (16 publications)
  • Anita M. Fisher (15 publications)

Publication venues where Gunapala has commonly contributed include:

  • Applied Physics Letters (7 publications)
  • Physical Review B (7 publications)
  • APL Quantum (3 publications)
  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter (3 publications)
  • Nano Letters (2 publications)

Sarath D. Gunapala has received several recognitions for contributions to the field of infrared detectors and focal plane arrays. These include being named an SPIE Fellow in 2008, IEEE Fellow in 2014, and OSA Fellow in 2015. The OSA fellowship citation highlights work related to quantum-structure-based infrared detectors and focal plane arrays at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Best Publications

  • A high-performance long wavelength superlattice complementary barrier infrared detector

    David Z.-Y. Ting;Cory J. Hill;Alexander Soibel;Sam A. Keo

  • High-temperature operation of InAs-GaAs quantum-dot infrared photodetectors with large responsivity and detectivity

    S. Chakrabarti;A.D. Stiff-Roberts;P. Bhattacharya;S. Gunapala

  • Photoexcited escape probability, optical gain, and noise in quantum well infrared photodetectors

    Unknown

  • InGaAs/InP long wavelength quantum well infrared photodetectors

    S. D. Gunapala;B. F. Levine;D. Ritter;R. Hamm

  • Mid-wavelength high operating temperature barrier infrared detector and focal plane array

    David Z. Ting;Alexander Soibel;Arezou Khoshakhlagh;Sir B. Rafol

  • 640/spl times/486 long-wavelength two-color GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP) focal plane array camera

    S.D. Gunapala;S.V. Bandara;A. Singh;J.K. Liu

  • Type-II Superlattice Infrared Detectors

    David Z-Y. Ting;Alexander Soibel;Linda Höglund;Jean Nguyen

  • Normal incidence hole intersubband absorption long wavelength GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs quantum well infrared photodetectors

    Unknown

  • Influence of radiative and non-radiative recombination on the minority carrier lifetime in midwave infrared InAs/InAsSb superlattices

    L. Höglund;D. Z. Ting;A. Khoshakhlagh;A. Soibel

  • 1024 × 1024 pixel mid-wavelength and long-wavelength infrared QWIP focal plane arrays for imaging applications

    S. D. Gunapala;S. V. Bandara;J. K. Liu;C. J. Hill

  • Room temperature performance of mid-wavelength infrared InAsSb nBn detectors

    Alexander Soibel;Cory J. Hill;Sam A. Keo;Linda Hoglund

  • 9-/spl mu/m cutoff 256/spl times/256 GaAs/Al/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As quantum well infrared photodetector hand-held camera

    S.D. Gunapala;J.K. Liu;J.S. Park;M. Sundaram

  • 640 $\, imes\,$ 512 Pixels Long-Wavelength Infrared (LWIR) Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetector (QDIP) Imaging Focal Plane Array

    S.D. Gunapala;S.V. Bandara;C.J. Hill;D.Z. Ting

  • Submonolayer quantum dot infrared photodetector

    David Z.-Y. Ting;Sumith V. Bandara;Sarath D. Gunapala;Jason M. Mumolo

  • 15-/spl mu/m 128/spl times/128 GaAs/Al/sub x/Ga/sub 1-x/As quantum well infrared photodetector focal plane array camera

    S.D. Gunapala;J.S. Park;G. Sarusi;True-Lon Lin

  • Solid-immersion metalenses for infrared focal plane arrays

    Shuyan Zhang;Alexander Soibel;Sam A. Keo;Daniel Wilson

  • Long-wavelength 640/spl times/486 GaAs-AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetector snap-shot camera

    S.D. Gunapala;S.V. Bundara;J.K. Liu;Winn Hong

  • Chapter 4 Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) Focal Plane Arrays

    S.D. Gunapala;S.V. Bandara

  • Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) Focal Plane Arrays

    S. Gunapala;S. Bandara

  • Quantum Dot Based Infrared Focal Plane Arrays

    S. Krishna;S.D. Gunapala;S.V. Bandara;C. Hill

  • Lattice‐matched InGaAsP/InP long‐wavelength quantum well infrared photodetectors

    S. D. Gunapala;B. F. Levine;D. Ritter;R. A. Hamm

  • 10–16 μm Broadband quantum well infrared photodetector

    S. V. Bandara;S. D. Gunapala;J. K. Liu;E. M. Luong

  • Towards dualband megapixel QWIP focal plane arrays

    S.D. Gunapala;S.V. Bandara;J.K. Liu;J.M. Mumolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Malin Premaratne
Malin Premaratne Monash University
Mark I. Stockman
Mark I. Stockman Georgia State University
Michael W. Werner
Michael W. Werner California Institute of Technology
Paul G. Lucey
Paul G. Lucey University of Hawaii at Manoa
Simon J. Hook
Simon J. Hook California Institute of Technology
Sanjay Krishna
Sanjay Krishna The Ohio State University
J. J. Bock
J. J. Bock California Institute of Technology
Milton Feng
Milton Feng University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
H. C. Liu
H. C. Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
David S.-K. Ting
David S.-K. Ting University of Windsor

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