Short-wave infrared barriode detectors using InGaAsSb absorption material lattice matched to GaSb
Author(s) -
Adam P. Craig,
Manish Jain,
G. W. Wicks,
T. Golding,
Khalid Hossain,
Ken McEwan,
Chris R. Howle,
B. Percy,
Andrew Marshall
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.4921468
Subject(s) - dark current , molecular beam epitaxy , infrared , materials science , optoelectronics , wavelength , photodetector , detector , photodiode , optics , infrared detector , arrhenius equation , absorption (acoustics) , lattice (music) , physics , chemistry , epitaxy , layer (electronics) , activation energy , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , acoustics
Short-wave infrared barriode detectors were grown by molecular beam epitaxy. An absorption layer composition of In0.28Ga0.72As0.25Sb0.75 allowed for lattice matching to GaSb and cut-off wavelengths of 2.9 μm at 250 K and 3.0 μm at room temperature. Arrhenius plots of the dark current density showed diffusion limited dark currents approaching those expected for optimized HgCdTe-based detectors. Specific detectivity figures of around 7×1010 Jones and 1×1010 Jones were calculated, for 240 K and room temperature, respectively. Significantly, these devices could support focal plane arrays working at higher operating temperatures
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