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High-performance type-II InAs/GaSb superlattice photodiodes with cutoff wavelength around 7 µm

Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 091109 (2005); doi:10.1063/1.1879113

Published 25 February 2005

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Y. Wei, A. Hood, H. Yau, V. Yazdanpanah, and M. Razeghi
Center for Quantum Devices, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

M. Z. Tidrow
Missile Defense Agency, 7100 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301

V. Nathan
Air Force Research Laboratory/VSSS, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117
We report the most recent result in the area of type-II InAs/GaSb superlattice photodiodes that have a cutoff wavelength around 7 µm at 77 K. Superlattice with a period of 40 Å lattice matched to GaSb was realized using GaxIn1–x type interface engineering technique. Compared with significantly longer period superlattices, we have reduced the dark current density under reverse bias dramatically. For a 3 µm thick structure, using sulfide-based passivation, the dark current density reached 2.6×10–5  A/cm2 at –3 V reverse bias at 77 K. At this temperature the photodiodes have R0A of 9300  Omega  cm2 and a thermally limited zero bias detectivity of 1×1012  cm  Hz1/2/W. The 90%–10% cutoff energy width was only 16.5 meV. The devices did not show significant dark current change at 77 K after three months storage in the atmosphere. ©2005 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 5 November 2004; accepted 31 January 2005; published 25 February 2005
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KEYWORDS and PACS

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PACS
  • 85.60.Dw
    Photodiodes; phototransistors; photoresistors
  • 72.40.+w
    Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects
  • 73.40.Kp
    Electrical properties of III–V semiconductor-to-semiconductor contacts, pn junctions, and heterojunctions
  • 81.65.Rv
    Surface passivation
  • YEAR: 2005

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