Noise performance analysis of MWIR InAs/GaSb superlattice pin photodiodes

Isabelle Ribet-Mohamed; Katarzyna Jaworowicz; David Tayibi; Cyril Cervera; Rachid Taalat; Jean-Baptiste Rodriguez; Philippe Christol

doi:10.1117/12.883794

20 May 2011 Noise performance analysis of MWIR InAs/GaSb superlattice pin photodiodes

Isabelle Ribet-Mohamed, Katarzyna Jaworowicz, David Tayibi, Cyril Cervera, Rachid Taalat, Jean-Baptiste Rodriguez, Philippe Christol

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Proceedings Volume 8012, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVII; 80120Z (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883794
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2011, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

We report the full electrooptical characterization of a MWIR InAs/GaSb superlattice (SL) pin photodiode, including dark current, noise, spectral response and quantum efficiency measurements. The SL structure was made of 8 InAs monolayers (MLs) and 8 GaSb MLs, with a total thickness of 3μm. It exhibits a cut-off wavelength of 4.55 μm at 77K. Dark current measurements reveal a diffusion-limited behavior for temperatures higher than 95K, and a R0A value of 1x10⁶Ωcm² at 77K. Noise measurements were performed under dark conditions and are interpreted in this paper. The results show that the SL detector remains Schottky noise-limited up to a bias voltage of -600mV and that 1/f noise is not present above 6Hz. Spectral response revealed that the cut-off wavelength increases from 4.48μm to 4.91μm when the temperature increases from 12K to 170K. The quantum efficiency in photovoltaic mode and at 77K is 25% (3μm-thick active zone device, single pass and without any antireflection coating). All these electrooptical performances confirm the high quality of the MWIR SL pin photodiode under test.

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Isabelle Ribet-Mohamed, Katarzyna Jaworowicz, David Tayibi, Cyril Cervera, Rachid Taalat, Jean-Baptiste Rodriguez, and Philippe Christol "Noise performance analysis of MWIR InAs/GaSb superlattice pin photodiodes", Proc. SPIE 8012, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVII, 80120Z (20 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.883794

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