Short-wavelength interband cascade infrared photodetectors operating above room temperature

Lotfi, Hossein; Li, Lu; Lei, Lin; Jiang, Yuchao; Yang, Rui Q.; Klem, John F.; Johnson, Matthew B.

doi:10.1063/1.4939961

Title: Short-wavelength interband cascade infrared photodetectors operating above room temperature

Journal Article · Wed Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939961· OSTI ID:1239985

Lotfi, Hossein ^[1]; Li, Lu ^[1]; Lei, Lin ^[1]; Jiang, Yuchao ^[1]; Yang, Rui Q. ^[1]; Klem, John F. ^[2]; Johnson, Matthew B. ^[1]

Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

High temperature operation (250–340 K) of short-wavelength interband cascade infrared photodetectors (ICIPs) with InAs/GaSb/Al_0.2In_0.8Sb/GaSb superlattice absorbers has been demonstrated with a 50% cutoff wavelength of 2.9 μm at 300 K. Two ICIP structures, one with two and the other with three stages, were designed and grown to explore this multiple-stage architecture. At λ = 2.1 μm, the two- and three-stage ICIPs had Johnson-noise-limited detectivities of 5.1 × 10⁹ and 5.8 ×10⁹ cm Hz^1/2/W, respectively, at 300 K. The better device performance of the three-stage ICIP over the two-stage ICIP confirmed the advantage of more stages for this cascade architecture. Furthermore, an Arrhenius activation energy of 450 meV is extracted for the bulk resistance-area product, which indicates the dominance of the diffusion current at these high temperatures.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1239985

Report Number(s):: SAND-2015-10844J; JAPIAU; 617683

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 119, Issue 2; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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