@InBook{Lim_2017b, chapter = {Chapter 3}, pages = {77--113}, title = {{III}-nitride Nanostructures for Intersubband Optoelectronics}, publisher = {World Scientific (Europe)}, year = {2017}, author = {C. B. Lim and A. Ajay and J. L\"ahnemann and D. A. Browne and E. Monroy}, editor = {Zhe Chuan Feng}, month = jun, isbn = {978-1-78634-318-5}, abstract = {In intersubband optoelectronics, transitions between confined electron (or hole) levels in the conduction (or valence) band of heterostructures are utilized to emit or detect infrared radiation. III-nitride semiconductors have emerged as promising materials for new intersubband technologies due to their large conduction band offset and sub-picosecond intersubband relaxation time. Furthermore, the large energy of longitudinal-optical phonons in GaN opens up prospects for ultra-high-speed devices for fiber-optic telecommunication, or for the operation at room temperature of THz quantum cascade lasers. Additionally, GaN-based intersubband devices could cover the 5–10THz band, inaccessible to GaAs-based technologies.}, booktitle = {III-Nitride Materials, Devices and Nano-Structures}, doi = {10.1142/9781786343192_0003}, }