Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 1, 20210811(2022)

Novel InSb-based infrared detector materials (Invited)

Junjie Si1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 11. China Airborne Missile Academy, Luoyang 471009, China
  • 22. Aviation Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Infrared Detector, Luoyang 471009, China
  • 33. Henan Antimonide Infrared Detector Engineering Center, Luoyang 471009, China
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    Crystal structure of InSb
    Brillouin zone (a) and band structure (b) of InSb crystal (calculated by empirical pseudopotential method without spin-orbit coupling)
    Band gap of energy valley of crystal InSb
    Band gap of InSb crystal variation with temperature
    Fermi level of InSb crystal variation with temperature for different shallow donor or acceptor concentration
    Band gap of some typical compound semiconductors and their corresponding lattice constant
    Minimum direct band gap and electron effective mass at Γ-point of In1−xGaxSb alloy variation with GaSb content x
    Phase relation in the pseudo-binary system of InSb-GaSb
    Lattice constant of In1−xGaxSb alloy variation with Ga composition
    Band gap of InGaNSb alloy and its lattice constant
    Band gap of In1−xAlxSb alloy variation with Al composition
    320×256 MBE grown InSb (a) and In1−xAlxSb (b) IRFPA dark current distribution (@90 K, −0.168 V bias (a) and −0.183 V bias (b))
    Band gap of InAs1−xSbx alloy variation with Sb compositionx
    Phase relation in the pseudo-binary system of InSb-InAs
    Mobility of InAs1−xSbx alloy variation with Sb composition
    Band gap of quarternary alloy (GaSb)1−z(InAs0.91Sb0.09)z variation with composition z
    Spectral response curve of InBixSb1−xphoto diode
    Band gap of InBi0.04Sb0.96 alloy variation with temperature
    Phase relation in the pseudo-binary material of InSb-TlSb
    Energy band diagram of In1−xTlxSb and Hg1−xCdxTe with 0.1 eV band gap
    Band gap of In1−xTlxSb alloy variation with Tl composition x
    Spectral response curve of In1−xTlxSb photo diode
    Band gap of InNxSb1−x alloy variation with N composition
    Band gap of InNxSb1−x alloy variation before and after annealing
    Band gap of InSb quantum wire variation with wire diameter
    Photo response curve of InSb quantum wire with infrared light incident frequency under room temperature @1 Hz
    InSb self-assembly QD barrier detector. QD-BIRD structure ( Left), Band diagram of QD-BIRD absorption zone (upper right), Band diagram of InSb QD area in the absorption zone (lower right)
    PL spectrum (a) and quantum efficiency at different working temperatures (b) of InSb QD barrier detector
    Transmission electron microscope (TEM) photos of InSb colloidal quantum dots (a), high resolution TEM image (b), light absorption spectrum (black line) and photofluorescence spectrum (red line) (c)
    • Table 1. Basic characteristic parameter of InSb crystal

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      Table 1. Basic characteristic parameter of InSb crystal

      ParameterT/K ValueUnit
      *: Electron mass in free space, 9.11×10−31 kg
      Lattice constant3000.64782nm
      Thermal expansion coefficient3005.04×10−6K−1
      776.5×10−6K−2
      Density3005.775g·cm−3
      Melting pointTm798K
      Specific heat3000.2J·g−1·℃−1
      Thermal diffusivity3000.16cm2·s−1
      Debye temperature220K
      Band gap Eg4.20.2357eV
      770.228eV
      3000.172eV
      Electron effective mass at Γ valley 3000.013m0*
      Heavy hole mass3000.41m0*
      Light hole mass3000.015m0*
      Electron mobility μe77106cm2·V−1·s−1
      3008×10 4cm2·V−1·s−1
      Hole mobility μh77104cm2·V−1·s−1
      3008×10 2cm2·V−1·s−1
      Intrinsic carrier concentration ni772.6×10 9cm−3
      2009.1×1014cm−3
      3001.5×1015cm−3
      Static dielectric constant30016.8
      High frequency dielectric constant30015.7
      Intrinsic resistivity3004.00×10−3Ω·cm
      Refractive index n3004.0@λ =4 μm
      3004.0@λ =7 μm
      Extinction coefficient k3000.11@λ =4 μm
      3000.025@λ =7 μm
    • Table 2. Characteristic parameters of InAs0.35Sb0.65

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      Table 2. Characteristic parameters of InAs0.35Sb0.65

      Lattice structure Lattice constant/ nm Band gap Eg/eV Effective mass Mobility/ cm2·V−1·s−1Intrinsic carrier concentration/ cm−3
      Zinc blende 0.6360.138 (4.2 K) 0.136 (80 K) 0.100 (300 K) 0.0101 (me/m0) 0.41 (mh/m0) 5×105 (μe) 5×104 (μh) 2.0×1012 (77 K) 8.6×1015 (200 K) 4.1×1016 (300 K)
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    Paper Information

    Category: Infrared technology and application

    Received: Nov. 2, 2021

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 8, 2022

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20210811

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