Indium Phosphide Based Indium Arsenide Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors
Based on the developed QD growth techniques, photoconductive InAs/InAlGaAs/InP QDIPs grown on InP by MBE technique were presented. These devices demonstrated responses to normal incident photoexcitations in the 5-18-mum range. The QDIP device based on bound-to-bound transitions shows a peak responsivity of 113 mA/W and a detectivity of 1.8 x 10 9 cmHz1/2/W at 10 K for a 10-period QD heterostructure. The device based on bound-to-continuum transitions demonstrates an improved dark current characteristics and a better detectivity of 2.1 x 10 9 cmHz1/2/W.
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign