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

Abstract

High temperature operation (250–340 K) of short-wavelength interband cascade infrared photodetectors (ICIPs) with InAs/GaSb/Al0.2In0.8Sb/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 Hz1/2/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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  1. Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1239985
Report Number(s):
SAND-2015-10844J
Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979; JAPIAU; 617683
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 119; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; III-V semiconductors; infrared; interband cascade; photodetector; short wavelength; superlattices; activation energies; dark currents; diffusion

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Lotfi, Hossein, Li, Lu, Lei, Lin, Jiang, Yuchao, Yang, Rui Q., Klem, John F., and Johnson, Matthew B. Short-wavelength interband cascade infrared photodetectors operating above room temperature. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4939961.
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Lotfi, Hossein, Li, Lu, Lei, Lin, Jiang, Yuchao, Yang, Rui Q., Klem, John F., & Johnson, Matthew B. Short-wavelength interband cascade infrared photodetectors operating above room temperature. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939961
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Lotfi, Hossein, Li, Lu, Lei, Lin, Jiang, Yuchao, Yang, Rui Q., Klem, John F., and Johnson, Matthew B. Wed . "Short-wavelength interband cascade infrared photodetectors operating above room temperature". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939961. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1239985.
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@article{osti_1239985,
title = {Short-wavelength interband cascade infrared photodetectors operating above room temperature},
author = {Lotfi, Hossein and Li, Lu and Lei, Lin and Jiang, Yuchao and Yang, Rui Q. and Klem, John F. and Johnson, Matthew B.},
abstractNote = {High temperature operation (250–340 K) of short-wavelength interband cascade infrared photodetectors (ICIPs) with InAs/GaSb/Al0.2In0.8Sb/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 Hz1/2/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.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4939961},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 2,
volume = 119,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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