The determination of the carriers recombination parameters based on the HOT HgCdTe current-voltage characteristics

• Autorzy: Manyk Tetiana , Rutkowski Jarosław , Madejczyk Paweł , Gawron Waldemar , Martyniuk Piotr

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DOI

10.24425/opelre.2022.141596

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A theoretical analysis of the mid-wavelength infrared range detectors based on the HgCdTe materials for high operating temperatures is presented. Numerical calculations were compared with the experimental data for HgCdTe heterostructures grown by the MOCVD on the GaAs substrates. Theoretical modelling was performed by the commercial platform SimuAPSYS (Crosslight). SimuAPSYS fully supports numerical simulations and helps understand the mechanisms occurring in the detector structures. Theoretical estimates were compared with the dark current density experimental data at the selected characteristic temperatures: 230 K and 300 K. The proper agreement between theoretical and experimental data was reached by changing Auger-1 and Auger-7 recombination rates and Shockley-Read-Hall carrier lifetime. The level of the match was confirmed by a theoretical evaluation of the current responsivity and zero-bias dynamic resistance area product (R0A) of the tested detectors.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

HgCdTe; MWIR detectors; dark current; I-V characteristics; recombination

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 30, No. 2
• Strony: art. no. e141596
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 31 poz., wykr., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Manyk Tetiana

• Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, 2. Kaliskiego St., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4362-4203

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Rutkowski Jarosław

• Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, 2. Kaliskiego St., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9092-755X

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Madejczyk Paweł

• Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, 2. Kaliskiego St., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0106-7931

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Gawron Waldemar

• Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, 2. Kaliskiego St., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
• VIGO System S.A., 129/133 Poznańska St., 05-850 Ożarów Mazowiecki, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0032-522X

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Martyniuk Piotr

• Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, 2. Kaliskiego St., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1963-3521

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Uwagi

This work was supported by the National Science Centre (Poland), grant no. UMO-2019/33/B/ST7/00614; and by the National Centre for Research and Development grant no. RPMA.01.02.00-14-b451/18-00.