Infrared photodetectors fabricated from self-organized quantum dot nanostructures

Elias Towe; Dongfeng Pan; Stephen W. Kennerly

doi:10.1117/12.366731

26 October 1999 Infrared photodetectors fabricated from self-organized quantum dot nanostructures

Elias Towe, Dongfeng Pan, Stephen W. Kennerly

Proceedings Volume 3794, Materials and Electronics for High-Speed and Infrared Detectors; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366731
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

Intersubband carrier transitions in either the conduction or valence bands of III-V semiconductors are important for the design of a new generation of optoelectronic devices. These transitions have been successfully used to demonstrate the operation of a new class of infrared lasers and detectors. In this paper, we discuss the use of intersubband transitions in quantum dot nanostructures for infrared sensing. The quantum dot structures in our work allow the detection of normal-incidence light. This is promising for the design of future focal plane arrays that do not require a grating structure to scatter incident light into the correct polarization for detection via intersubband transitions. The quantum dot infrared photodetectors in this work also exhibit an intrinsic photovoltaic effect. Both photoconductive and photovoltaic operation has been demonstrated at low temperatures (40 K) with responsivities on the order of tens of mA/W for bias voltages less than 0.5 V. Detectivities ranging from 2 X 10⁸ cmHz^1/2/W to 7 X 10⁹ cmHz^1/2/W have been measured in devices operating in either the photovoltaic or photoconductive mode. We have demonstrated that the quantum dot structures have the capability to detect infrared light in the 9 to 13 micrometers spectral band.

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Elias Towe, Dongfeng Pan, and Stephen W. Kennerly "Infrared photodetectors fabricated from self-organized quantum dot nanostructures", Proc. SPIE 3794, Materials and Electronics for High-Speed and Infrared Detectors, (26 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366731

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