Optically addressed near and long-wave infrared multiband photodetectors

Abstract

Optically addressed dual-band photodetector incorporating of a 0.82 μm cut-off wavelength near-infrared (NIR) AlGaAs/GaAs p-i-n photodetector and a 8.2 μm peak wavelength long-wave infrared (LWIR) AlGaAs/GaAs quantum well infrared photodetector on GaAs substrate is fabricated and characterized. Switching between NIR and LWIR bands is demonstrated by using external light bias. The dual-band photodetector gives 65% quantum efficiency in NIR band and specific detectivity of 2 × 109 cm Hz1/2/W in LWIR band at 68 K. Spectral crosstalk is better than 25 dB. These devices enable the use of only a single indium-bump per pixel for multiband image sensor arrays to have maximum fill factor.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jun 11, 2012
Source ID
10.1063/1.4729004

Entities

People

  • J. L. Reno
  • O. O. Cellek
  • Y.-h. Zhang

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Arizona State University
  • Sandia National Laboratories

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing