Quantum dot in a well infrared photodetectors for high operating temperature focal plane arrays

S. Tsao; T. Yamanaka; S. Abdollahi Pour; I.-K. Park; B. Movaghar; M. Razeghi

doi:10.1117/12.809251

18 February 2009 Quantum dot in a well infrared photodetectors for high operating temperature focal plane arrays

S. Tsao, T. Yamanaka, S. Abdollahi Pour, I.-K. Park, B. Movaghar, M. Razeghi

Proceedings Volume 7224, Quantum Dots, Particles, and Nanoclusters VI; 72240V (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809251
Event: SPIE OPTO: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

InAs quantum dots embedded in InGaAs quantum wells with InAlAs barriers on InP substrate grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition are utilized for high operating temperature detectors and focal plane arrays in the middle wavelength infrared. This dot-well combination is unique because the small band offset between the InAs dots and the InGaAs well leads to weak dot confinement of carriers. As a result, the device behavior differs significantly from that in the more common dot systems that have stronger confinement. Here, we present energy level modeling of our QD-QW system and apply these results to interpret the detector behavior. Detectors showed high performance with D* over 10¹⁰ cmHz^1/2/W at 150 K operating temperature and with high quantum efficiency over 50%. Focal plane arrays have been demonstrated operating at high temperature due to the low dark current observed in these devices.

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S. Tsao, T. Yamanaka, S. Abdollahi Pour, I.-K. Park, B. Movaghar, and M. Razeghi "Quantum dot in a well infrared photodetectors for high operating temperature focal plane arrays", Proc. SPIE 7224, Quantum Dots, Particles, and Nanoclusters VI, 72240V (18 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809251

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