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Bandgap and temperature dependence of Auger recombination in InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattices
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Bandgap and temperature dependence of Auger recombination in InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattices

Y Aytac, B. V Olson, J. K Kim, E. A Shaner, S. D Hawkins, J. F Klem, J Olesberg, M. E Flatté and T. F Boggess
Journal of applied physics, Vol.119(21), 215705
06/07/2016
DOI: 10.1063/1.4953386
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https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1256122View
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Abstract

A time- and temperature-dependent differential-transmission technique is used to study the bandgap dependence of Auger recombination in Ga-free InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattices (T2SLs). The bandgap energies are varied between 290 meV (4.3 μm) and 135 meV (9.2 μm) by engineering the layer thickness and alloy Sb concentration. A long-wave infrared structure with 135 meV bandgap energy is found to have an Auger coefficient of 9 × 10−26 cm6/s at 77 K. The measured Auger coefficients increase with decreasing bandgap from approximately 3 × 10−27 cm6/s for mid-wave infrared bandgaps to 2 × 10−25 cm6/s for long-wave infrared bandgaps at 77 K. The measured T2SL Auger coefficients are compared to predicted Auger coefficients for HgCdTe

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