Conference proceeding
Superlattice IR detectors: a theoretical view
Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.2685(1), pp.48-61
Photodetectors: Materials and Devices
04/12/1996
DOI: 10.1117/12.237712
Abstract
A theoretical program useful for predicting limiting performance of HgCdTe, InAs/InGaSb Type II superlattices and QWIP IR detectors is reviewed. Its principal ingredients include the calculation of bulk and superlattice band structures, absolute interband and intersubband optical absorption coefficients, radiative recombination neglecting photon recycling, non- radiative AM-1 and AM-7 Auger processes with or without the participation of shallow impurity levels, and the detectivity. The superlattice is viewed as a periodic lattice whose relevant band structure is described by K(DOT)p perturbation theory. Valence band strain splitting greater than the band gap is particularly important in suppressing AM-7 transitions. HgCdTe IR detectors are clearly superior to Type II superlattices in the MWIR. The band gap in Type II superlattices is due to intra-layer carrier confinement and is determined by layer widths. The resulting greater band gap uniformity and theoretically higher operating temperatures is promising for LWIR and VLWIR applications.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Superlattice IR detectors: a theoretical view
- Creators
- Henry Ehrenreich - Harvard UniversityMichael E Flatte - University of IowaChristoph H Grein - University of Illinois at Chicago
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of SPIE, Vol.2685(1), pp.48-61
- Conference
- Photodetectors: Materials and Devices
- DOI
- 10.1117/12.237712
- ISSN
- 0277-786X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/12/1996
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428662902771
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