Comparison of performance limits of HOT HgCdTe photodiodes with 2D material infrared photodetectors

• Autorzy: Rogalski Antoni , Kopytko Małgorzata , Martyniuk Piotr , Hu Weida

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DOI

10.24425/opelre.2020.132504

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The semiempirical rule, “Rule 07” specified in 2007 for P-on-n HgCdTe photodiodes has become widely popular within infrared community as a reference for other technologies, notably for III-V barrier photodetectors and type-II superlattice photodiodes. However, in the last decade in several papers it has been shown that the measured dark current density of HgCdTe photodiodes is considerably lower than predicted by benchmark Rule 07. Our theoretical estimates carried out in this paper support experimental data. Graphene and other 2D materials, due to their extraordinary and unusual electronic and optical properties, are promising candidates for high-operating temperature infrared photodetectors. In the paper their room-temperature performance is compared with that estimated for depleted P i-N HgCdTe photodiodes. Two important conclusions result from our considerations: the first one, the performance of 2D materials is lower in comparison with traditional detectors existing on global market (InGaAs, HgCdTe and type- II superlattices), and the second one, the presented estimates provide further encouragement for achieving low-cost and high performance HgCdTe focal plane arrays operating in high-operating temperature conditions.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

2D material photodetectors; HOT infrared detectors; HgCdTe photodiodes; p-i-n depleted photodiodes; BLIP performance

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 28, No. 2
• Strony: 82--92
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 51 poz., wykr., rys, tab.

Twórcy

autor

Rogalski Antoni

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

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4985-7297

autor

Kopytko Małgorzata

• State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai 200083, China

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5838-3310

autor

Martyniuk Piotr

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

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

autor

Hu Weida

• State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 500 Yu Tian Road, Shanghai 200083, China

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5278-8969+

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Uwagi

1. This work was supported by the funds granted to the Faculty of Advanced Technologies and Chemistry, Military University of Technology, within the subsidy for maintaining research potential in 2020, grant no. UGB763.

2. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).