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Interband cascade devices

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1568312

Photovoltaic (PV) and photodetector (PD) devices, comprising a plurality of interband cascade (IC) stages, wherein the IC stages comprise an absorption region with a type-I superlattice and/or a bulk semiconductor material having a band gap, the absorption region configured to absorb photons, an intraband transport region configured to act as a hole barrier, and an interband tunneling region configured to act as an electron barrier, wherein the absorption region, the intraband transport region, and the interband tunneling region are positioned such that electrons will flow from the absorption region to the intraband transport region to the interband tunneling region.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Patent Number(s):
10,283,658
Application Number:
14/853,588
OSTI ID:
1568312
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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