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Non-intentionally doped GaSb epilayers were grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on highly mismatched semi-insulating GaAs substrate (001) with 2 offcut towards (110). The effects of substrate temperature and the Sb/Ga flux ratio on the crystalline quality, surface morphology and electrical properties were investigated by Nomarski optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Hall measurements, respectively. Besides, differential Hall was used to investigate the hole concentration behaviour along the GaSb epilayer. It is found that the crystal quality, electrical properties and surface morphology are markedly dependent on the growth temperature and the group V/III flux ratio. Under the optimized parameters, we demonstrate a low hole concentration at very low growth temperature. Unfortunately, the layers grown at low temperature are characterized by wide FWHM and low Hall mobility.

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D. Benyahia
Łukasz Kubiszyn
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Krystian Michalczewski
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A. Kębłowski
Piotr Martyniuk
ORCID: ORCID
J. Piotrowski
A. Rogalski
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The paper reports on the barrier mid-wave infrared InAs/InAsSb (xSb = 0.4) type-II superlattice detector operating below thermoelectrical cooling. AlAsSb with Sb composition, xSb = 0.97; barrier doping, ND < 2×1016 cm−3 leading to valence band offset below 100 meV in relation to the active layer doping, ND = 5×1015 cm−3 was proved to be proper material not introducing extra barrier in valence band in the analyzed temperature range in XBn architectures. The detectivity of the simulated structure was assessed at the level of ∼ 1011 Jones at T ∼ 100 K assuming absorber thickness, d = 3 μm. The detector’s architecture for high frequency response operation, τs = 420 ps (T ∼ 77 K) was presented with a reduced active layer of d = 1 μm.

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Piotr Martyniuk
ORCID: ORCID
Krystian Michalczewski
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T.Y. Tsai
C.H. Wu
Y.R. Wu
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Numerical analysis of the dark current (Jd) in the type-II superlattice (T2SL) barrier (nBn) detector operated at high temperatures was presented. Theoretical calculations were compared with the experimental results for the nBn detector with the absorber and contact layers in an InAs/InAsSb superlattice separated AlAsSb barrier. Detector structure was grown using MBE technique on a GaAs substrate. The k p model was used to determine the first electron band and the first heavy and light hole bands in T2SL, as well as to calculate the absorption coefficient. The paper presents the effect of the additional hole barrier on electrical and optical parameters of the nBn structure. According to the principle of the nBn detector operation, the electrons barrier is to prevent the current flow from the contact layer to the absorber, while the holes barrier should be low enough to ensure the flow of optically generated carriers. The barrier height in the valence band (VB) was adjusted by changing the electron affinity of a ternary AlAsSb material. Results of numerical calculations similar to the experimental data were obtained, assuming the presence of a high barrier in VB which, at the same time, lowered the detector current responsivity.

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Authors and Affiliations

Małgorzata Kopytko
1
ORCID: ORCID
Emilia Gomółka
1
ORCID: ORCID
Tetiana Manyk
1
ORCID: ORCID
Krystian Michalczewski
2
ORCID: ORCID
Łukasz Kubiszyn
2
ORCID: ORCID
Jarosław Rutkowski
1
ORCID: ORCID
Piotr Martyniuk
1
ORCID: ORCID

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

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