Abstract
A high detectivity multiquantum well midinfrared photodetector is reported. It is based on a strain compensated InGaAs/InGaP on InP structure, using bound-to-continuum intersubband absorption, with λP=4.9μm and ∼0.5 μm full width at half maximum. This design is unique by enabling a large critical thickness, thus increasing the quantum efficiency. Photodetectors with background-limited performance (BLIP) with detectivity of Dλ*(BLIP)=3.2×1010cm Hz /W up to 110 K, with only ten quantum well periods were implemented. Arguments are given to predict an optimized background-limited performance for this design up to 135 K.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 800-802 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - 1998 |