DocumentCode
2104533
Title
Suppressed Surface Leakage Current Using nBn Infrared Detector Based on Type II InAs/GaSb Strain Layer Superlattices
Author
Kim, H.S. ; Bishop, G.D. ; Rodriguez, J.B. ; Sharma, Y.D. ; Plis, E. ; Dawson, L.R. ; Krishna, S.
Author_Institution
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
fYear
2007
fDate
21-25 Oct. 2007
Firstpage
648
Lastpage
649
Abstract
We present a SLS-based nBn infrared detector which suppresses the surface leakage current without using any passivation technique. The dark current density is reduced by an order of magnitude at 77 K compared with a conventional mesa etched device.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; dark conductivity; gallium compounds; indium compounds; infrared detectors; semiconductor superlattices; InAs-GaSb; dark current density; mesa etched device; nBn infrared detector; surface leakage current; type II InAs/GaSb strain layer superlattices; Capacitive sensors; Dark current; Infrared detectors; Laser sintering; Leakage current; Multilevel systems; Passivation; Photodetectors; Superlattices; Wet etching;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Lake Buena Vista, FL
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN
1092-8081
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382573
Filename
4382573
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