Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 54, Issue 5, 20240551(2025)

Performance optimization design of InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice mid-wave barrier infrared photodetectors based on simulation

Ning XIE1,2, Lianqing ZHU1,2, Bingfeng LIU1,2,3, Xiaoping LOU1,2, and Mingli DONG1,2
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  • 1Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Optoelectronic Measurement Technology and Instrument, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, Beijing 100192, China
  • 2Instrumentation Science and Optoelectronic Engineering College, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, Beijing 100016, China
  • 3School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
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    (a) Structure of the MWIR T2 SLs InAs/InAsSb/B-AlAsSb barrier detector; (b) Energy band diagram of the device structure (T=300 K)
    Energy band structure of nBn device
    Energy band diagram of AlAs1-xSbx with different Sb composition
    Energy band structures under different barrier layer thicknesses
    Dark current density simulations of absorber with different doping
    Energy band and dark current density of the barrier layer at different doping concentrations (150 K)
    Dark current density at different temperatures
    • Table 1. Optimization of the structural design for MWIR detectors based on InAs/InAsSb/B-AlAsSb

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      Table 1. Optimization of the structural design for MWIR detectors based on InAs/InAsSb/B-AlAsSb

      ParameterNumerical value
      Doping concentration of AL/cm-31×1013
      Thickness of AL/µm3
      Doping concentration of BL/cm−31×1015
      Thickness of BL/nm80
      Sb composition in BLxSb=0.91
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    Ning XIE, Lianqing ZHU, Bingfeng LIU, Xiaoping LOU, Mingli DONG. Performance optimization design of InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice mid-wave barrier infrared photodetectors based on simulation[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2025, 54(5): 20240551

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    Category: Infrared

    Received: Jan. 2, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 26, 2025

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20240551

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