Development of the III-V Barrier Photo Detector Heterostructures for Spectral Range Above 10 um

Abstract

Novel approach to growth of quality narrow gap InAsSb alloys for wavelength range from 5 to 12 m using metamorphic buffers on GaSb substrates was pursued. The developed GaInSb and AlInSb buffers served as a platform for strain-free low-dislocation-density bulk InAsSb layers. The ability to select the lattice constant up to 3 percent greater than that of GaSb eliminated the lattice constant design constrain in the realization of III-V narrow gap semiconductors grown pseudomorphically on GaSb or other binary substrates. The developed quality bulk InAsSb layers with energy gaps as low as 90 meV at 77 K exhibit strong fundamental absorption and long diffusion length of minority holes. The effort was focused on determination of the fundamental parameters of InAsSb alloys with target Sb compositions covering the range from 20 to 65 percent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 21, 2018
Accession Number
AD1067866

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  • Dmitri Donetski
  • G. Kipshidze
  • Gregory Belenky
  • L. Shterengas
  • Sergey Suchalkin
  • Youxi Lin

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Detectors
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Electron Mobility
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Energy Gaps
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Long-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Narrow Band Gap Semiconductors
  • Optical Properties
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Semiconductors
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Valence Bands

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Semiconductor Device Technology

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  • Microelectronics