MCT heterostructures for higher operating temperature infrared detectors designed in Poland

• Autorzy: Madejczyk Paweł , Gawron Waldemar , Sobieski Jan , Martyniuk Piotr , Rutkowski Jarosław

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DOI

10.24425/opelre.2023.144551

• Konferencja: Quantum Structure Infrared Photodetectors - QSIP : International Conference 2020/2022 (11 ; 2022 ; Kraków, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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This paper presents examples of infrared detectors with mercury cadmium telluride elaborated at the Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology and VIGO Photonics S.A. Fully doped HgCdTe epilayers were grown with the metal organic chemical vapour deposition technique which provides a wide range of material composition covering the entire infrared range from 1.5 μm to 14 μm. Fundamental issues concerning the design of individual areas of the heterostructure including: the absorber, contacts, and transient layers with respect to their thickness, doping and composition were discussed. An example of determining the gain is also given pointing to the potential application of the obtained devices in avalanche photodiode detectors that can amplify weak optical signals. Selected examples of the analysis of current-voltage and spectral characteristics are shown. Multiple detectors based on a connection in series of small individual structures are also presented as a solution to overcome inherent problems of low resistance of LWIR photodiodes. The HgCdTe detectors were compared with detectors from III-V materials. The detectors based on InAs/InAsSb superlattice materials achieve very comparable parameters and, in some respects, they are even superior to those with mercury cadmium telluride.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

MCT; HgCdTe; metal organic chemical vapour deposition; infrared detectors; higher operating temperature

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 31, Special Issue
• Strony: art. no. e144551
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 15 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Madejczyk Paweł

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

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

autor

Gawron Waldemar

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

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

autor

Sobieski Jan

• Vigo Photonics S.A., 129/133 Poznańska St., 05-850 Ożarów Mazowiecki, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-4585

autor

Martyniuk Piotr

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

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

autor

Rutkowski Jarosław

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

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

Bibliografia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).