Title :
Optimization of GaAsSb/InAlAs/InGaAs tunnel diodes for millimeter-wave detection
Author :
Mikhail Patrashin;Norihiko Sekine;Akifumi Kasamatsu;Issei Watanabe;Iwao Hosako;Tsuyoshi Takahashi;Masaru Sato;Yasuhiro Nakasha;Naoki Hara
Author_Institution :
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo 184-0015, Japan
Abstract :
We evaluated optimal voltage sensitivity (SV) and noise equivalent power (NEP) of GaAsSb/InAlAs/InGaAs tunnel diode detectors in 220-330 GHz band at room temperature. The NEP values have strong dependence on the diode mesa size. With increasing the device area from 0.8×0.8μm2 to 1.4×1.4μm2, the estimated minimum NEP improved from 200pW/Hz1/2 to 80pW/Hz1/2.
Keywords :
"Sensitivity","Junctions","Resistance","Indium gallium arsenide","Current measurement","Voltage measurement"
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2015 40th International Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2035
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2015.7327614