Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 43, Issue 4, 450(2024)

Mid-wavelength infrared nBn photodetectors based on InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice with an AlAsSb/InAsSb superlattice barrier

Yi-Fan SHAN1,2, Dong-Hai WU1,2、*, Ruo-Yu XIE1,2, Wen-Guang ZHOU1,2, Fa-Ran CHANG1, Nong LI1,2, Guo-Wei WANG1,2, Dong-Wei JIANG1,2, Hong-Yue HAO1,2, Ying-Qiang XU1,2, and Zhi-Chuan NIU1,2、**
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices,Institute of Semiconductors,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100083,China
  • 2College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
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    InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice (T2SL) materials hold great promise for the development of mid-wavelength infrared photodetectors operating at high temperatures, as they avoid the defects caused by Ga atoms in InAs/GaSb T2SL and exhibit long minority carrier lifetime. To reduce the dark current, minority carrier unipolar barrier structures, such as nBn detectors, are commonly employed. In mid-wavelength infrared InAs/InAsSb T2SL nBn photodetectors, the multielement alloy such as AlAsSb is typically utilized as the barrier layer to block the transport of majority carriers. However, the small valence band offset (VBO) between the barrier and absorption layers leads to the saturation of photocurrent at high bias voltage, resulting in increased dark current. In this work, an AlAsSb/InAsSb T2SL barrier was designed to eliminate the VBO and reduce the bias dependency of quantum efficiency. The results show that the fabricated nBn photodetector exhibits a 50% cutoff wavelength of 4.5 μm at 150 K. The optical response of the photodetector saturates under a small bias of -50 mV, achieving a peak responsivity of 1.82 A/W at 3.82 μm and a quantum efficiency of 58.8%. At 150 K and -50 mV applied bias, the photodetector exhibits a dark current density of 2.01×10-5 A/cm2 and a specific detectivity of 6.47×1011 cm·Hz1/2/W.

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    Yi-Fan SHAN, Dong-Hai WU, Ruo-Yu XIE, Wen-Guang ZHOU, Fa-Ran CHANG, Nong LI, Guo-Wei WANG, Dong-Wei JIANG, Hong-Yue HAO, Ying-Qiang XU, Zhi-Chuan NIU. Mid-wavelength infrared nBn photodetectors based on InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice with an AlAsSb/InAsSb superlattice barrier[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2024, 43(4): 450

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Oct. 18, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 27, 2024

    The Author Email: Dong-Hai WU (dhwu@semi.ac.cn), Zhi-Chuan NIU (zcniu@semi.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2024.04.003

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