Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 41, Issue 1, 2021417(2022)
Progress on nBn infrared detectors
Fig. 1. History of the development of infrared detectors
Fig. 2. (a)Bandgap diagram of nBn barrier detector,(b)spatial makeups of the various current components and barrier blocking in nBn detector,(c)bandgap diagram of the p-n photodiode,(d)the schematic Arrhenius plot of the dark current in a p-n photodiode and nBn device and comparision with Rule 07 & Law 19
Fig. 3. (a)Conduction(filled)and valence(open)band offsets for the 12 binaries,(b)valence band offset as a function of lattice constant [52]
Fig. 4. (a)Arrhenius plot of dark current at different reverse bias values for a 300×300 μm nBn detector,(b)photoresponse spectra at 150 K(the calculated spectral response(solid line)and the measured spectral response at a reverse bias of -0.6 V(dotted line)),(c)image captured by a 320×256 nBn FPA detector(BF ROIC)operating at 150 K and f/3,(d)the device structure of InAsSb/AlAsSb nBn MWIR detector,(e)the stimulated energy band diagram under reverse bias conditions of InAsSb/AlAsSb nBn MWIR detector,(f)the dark current density vs bias voltage as a function of the temperature of the InAsSb/AlAsSb nBn MWIR detector[54,58,60]
Fig. 5. Design of the InSb nBn barrier detector,(a)design of InSb nBn structure with InAlSb barrier layer including Al grading from 15% to 35%,(b)calculated energy band diagram at T = 110 K and V = 0 V of InSb/InAlSb/InSb nBn structure with 50 nm-thick InAlSb graded composition barrier layer,(c)Arrhenius plot of the dark current density collected at -50 mV where thermionic emission regime is identified,(d)J-V curves performed at 77 K of InSb-based nBn detector(solid line)and InSb PIN diode(dashed line),(e)J-V characteristics of nBn structure for different operating temperatures,from 105 K to 175 K,(f)Arrhenius behavior of three different types of InSb-based photodetectors[64,65,67]
Fig. 7. Design of the HgCdTe nBn barrier detector,(a)the schematic illustration of the structure of the HgCdTe nBn photodetector device,(b)cross-sectional device diagram and structural parameters,(c)measured dark and unfiltered blackbody illuminated I-V characteristics of planar MWIR HgCdTe nBn device at 77 K[30,79]
Fig. 8. Design of the two-dimensional materials nBn barrier detector,(a)the schematic diagram of the WS2 nBn vdW unipolar barrier photodetector,(b)simulated band diagrams of the device under different source-drain bias(Vds)conditions(WS2,h-BN,and PdSe2 flakes act as the absorber,barrier,and contact layer,respectively),(c)output characteristic curves of the nBn vdW unipolar barrier device under 520 nm laser illumination with increasing powers[94]
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Qian SHI, Shu-Kui ZHANG, Jian-Lu WANG, Jun-Hao CHU. Progress on nBn infrared detectors[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(1): 2021417
Category: Research Articles
Received: Dec. 26, 2021
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Published Online: Apr. 18, 2022
The Author Email: ZHANG Shu-Kui (zhangshukui@ucas.ac.cn), WANG Jian-Lu (jianluwang@fudan.edu.cn)