Development of high-performance graphene-HgCdTe detector technology for mid-wave infrared applications

Ashok K. Sood; John W. Zeller; Parminder Ghuman; Sachidananda Babu; Nibir K. Dhar; Randy N. Jacobs; Samiran Ganguly; Avik Ghosh; Latika S. Chaudhary; Harry Efstathiads

doi:10.1117/12.2598866

11 August 2021 Development of high-performance graphene-HgCdTe detector technology for mid-wave infrared applications

Ashok K. Sood, John W. Zeller, Parminder Ghuman, Sachidananda Babu, Nibir K. Dhar, Randy N. Jacobs, Samiran Ganguly, Avik Ghosh, Latika S. Chaudhary, Harry Efstathiads

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Proceedings Volume 11831, Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications XI; 1183103 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2598866
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2021, San Diego, California, United States

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High performance detector technology is being developed for sensing over the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) band for NASA Earth Science, defense, and commercial applications. The graphene-based HgCdTe detector technology involves integration of graphene with HgCdTe photodetectors allowing higher performance detection over 2-5 μm compared with photodetectors using only HgCdTe material. The graphene layer functioning as a high mobility channel reduces recombination of photogenerated carriers in the detector to further enhance performance. Graphene bilayers on Si/SiO2 substrates have been doped with boron using a spin-on dopant (SOD) process. The p-doped graphene is then transferred onto HgCdTe substrates for high mobility layers in MWIR photodetectors. Various characterization techniques including Raman spectroscopy and secondary-ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) have analyzed dopant levels and properties of the graphene throughout various stages of development to qualify and quantify the graphene doping and transfer. The objective of this work is demonstration of graphene-based HgCdTe room temperature MWIR detectors and arrays through modeling, material development, and device optimization. The primary driver for this technology development is enablement of a scalable, low cost, low power, and small footprint uncooled MWIR sensing technology capable of measuring thermal dynamics with better spatial resolution for applications such as remote sensing and earth observation.

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Ashok K. Sood, John W. Zeller, Parminder Ghuman, Sachidananda Babu, Nibir K. Dhar, Randy N. Jacobs, Samiran Ganguly, Avik Ghosh, Latika S. Chaudhary, and Harry Efstathiads "Development of high-performance graphene-HgCdTe detector technology for mid-wave infrared applications", Proc. SPIE 11831, Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications XI, 1183103 (11 August 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2598866

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