학술논문

Extended short wavelength infrared heterojunction phototransistors based on type II superlattices.
Document Type
Article
Source
Applied Physics Letters. 5/13/2019, Vol. 114 Issue 19, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 5p. 1 Diagram, 5 Graphs.
Subject
*HETEROJUNCTIONS
*PHOTOTRANSISTORS
*SUPERLATTICES
*CURRENT density (Electromagnetism)
*WAVELENGTHS
Language
ISSN
0003-6951
Abstract
A two terminal extended short wavelength infrared heterojunction phototransistor based on type-II InAs/AlSb/GaSb on a GaSb substrate is designed, fabricated, and investigated. With the base thickness of 40 nm, the device exhibited a 100% cut-off wavelength of ∼2.3 μm at 300 K. The saturated peak responsivity value is 320.5 A/W at 300 K, under front-side illumination without any antireflection coating. A saturated optical gain of 245 at 300 K was measured. At the same temperature, the device exhibited a collector dark current density (at unity optical gain) and a DC current gain of 7.8 × 10−3 A/cm2 and 1100, respectively. The device exhibited a saturated dark current shot noise limited specific detectivity of 4.9 × 1011 cm·Hz1/2/W at 300 K which remains constant over a broad range of wavelengths and applied biases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]