Design of Semiconductor Heterostructures for Suppression of Electronic Processes Caused by Radiation-Induced Defects

Abstract

The project analyzes semiconductor infrared (IR) detectors and their performance degradation caused by material defects. Newly developed unipolar barrier detectors were compared, both theoretically and experimentally, with the traditional pn- based detector designs. In cases where defect concentrations are significant, e.g., mismatched epitaxial material or radiation damaged material, unipolar barrier devices exhibit superior performance in terms of the magnitude of the dark current and the efficiency of dark current reduction by cooling.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1068315

Entities

People

  • Gary W. Wicks

Organizations

  • University of Rochester

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Degradation
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Diffusion
  • Efficiency
  • Energy
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Heterojunctions
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Materials
  • Numbers
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics