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31 May 2012Electrical characteristics of MOVPE grown MWIR N+p(As)HgCdTe heterostructure photodiodes build on GaAs substrates
Well recognized are the potential benefits in camera simplicity, power reduction and increased
cooler life associated with the capability of operating infrared focal plane arrays at or near room
ambient temperatures. Quality imagery in the 3 to 5 μm spectral band at scene temperature of 300K
with focal plane array temperatures up to 175K was demonstrated recently. The array consisted of
640*512, 16 μm pitch N+p(As) detector elements grown by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy on a
GaAs substrate. In this paper, a carrier recombination model is presented that explains the dark
current density data as a function of inverse temperature. Basically the dominant carrier
recombination occurs through ionized donor-like flaws centered in the upper half of the energy gap.
For Hg1-xCd x Te, x=0.3 and 0.2867 materials, the flaw energy level, Eflaw(0K) respectively, is
centered at 0.189 eV and 0.1181 eV above the valence band edge; The shortest possible lifetime τp0
for hole capture respectively is 3.5 and 550 μs. Band to band recombination is not observed to be
dominant even in the temperature region T ≈ 300K, where the radiative and Auger lifetimes are
significantly smaller than τp0. The asymmetry parameter γ = τn0/τp0 <<1.
Roger E. DeWames andJoseph G. Pellegrino
"Electrical characteristics of MOVPE grown MWIR N+p(As)HgCdTe heterostructure photodiodes build on GaAs substrates", Proc. SPIE 8353, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVIII, 83532P (31 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921093
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Roger E. DeWames, Joseph G. Pellegrino, "Electrical characteristics of MOVPE grown MWIR N+p(As)HgCdTe heterostructure photodiodes build on GaAs substrates," Proc. SPIE 8353, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVIII, 83532P (31 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921093