Performance improvement of AlN/GaN-based intersubband detectors thanks to quantum dot active regions

Daniel Hofstetter; Joab Di Francesco; Esther Baumann; Fabrizio Raphael Giorgetta; Prem Kumar Kandaswamy; Aparna Das; Sirona Valdueza-Felip; Eva Monroy

doi:10.1117/12.861569

27 August 2010 Performance improvement of AlN/GaN-based intersubband detectors thanks to quantum dot active regions

Daniel Hofstetter, Joab Di Francesco, Esther Baumann, Fabrizio Raphael Giorgetta, Prem Kumar Kandaswamy, Aparna Das, Sirona Valdueza-Felip, Eva Monroy

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Proceedings Volume 7808, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XVIII; 78080A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861569
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Since the operating mode of 1.55 μm AlN/GaN-based intersubband photodetectors is based on optical rectification, both the excited state lifetime and the lateral displacement of the carriers play an important role for performance optimization. We thus show here results of an improved detector generation based on a novel type of active region. Thanks to the use of quantum dots instead of quantum wells, a factor of 60 could be gained in terms of maximum responsivity. In addition, the maximum performance was achieved at a considerably higher temperature of 160 K instead of 80 K as typically seen for quantum wells.

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Daniel Hofstetter, Joab Di Francesco, Esther Baumann, Fabrizio Raphael Giorgetta, Prem Kumar Kandaswamy, Aparna Das, Sirona Valdueza-Felip, and Eva Monroy "Performance improvement of AlN/GaN-based intersubband detectors thanks to quantum dot active regions", Proc. SPIE 7808, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XVIII, 78080A (27 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861569

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