• DocumentCode
    644640
  • Title

    Bandwidth improvement of cw THz receivers by Be doping of low-temperature-grown InGaAs/InAlAs heterostructures

  • Author

    Globisch, B. ; Stanze, D. ; Dietz, R.J.B. ; Gobel, T. ; Schell, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich Hertz Inst., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-6 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    LTG InGaAs/InAlAs based cw THz receivers can be fine-tuned by Be doping, which is an advantage towards their LTG GaAs counterparts. By increasing Be doping we reduce carrier trapping time, resulting in larger bandwidth. As a tradeoff, the current response is reduced.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; beryllium; carrier lifetime; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; semiconductor doping; semiconductor heterojunctions; submillimetre wave receivers; Be doping; InGaAs-InAlAs:Be; bandwidth improvement; carrier trapping time; current response; cw THz receivers; low-temperature-grown InGaAs/InAlAs heterostructures; Charge carrier processes; Doping; Indium gallium arsenide; Optical pumping; Optical variables measurement; Receivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Mainz
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665609
  • Filename
    6665609