• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 34, Issue 4, 385 (2015)
Martyniuk P1, Gawron W1, Pawluczyk J2, Kblowski A2, Madejczyk P1, and Rogalski A1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Applied Physics, Military University of Technology, 2 Kaliskiego Str., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland
  • 2Vigo System S.A., 129/133 Poznańska Str., 05-850 Oz·arów Mazowiecki, Poland
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    Martyniuk P, Gawron W, Pawluczyk J, Kblowski A, Madejczyk P, Rogalski A. Dark current suppression in HOT LWIR HgCdTe heterostructures operating in non-equilibrium mode[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2015, 34(4): 385 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Typically, infrared detectors require cryogenic cooling to limit dark current which is directly dependent on Auger generation-recombination mechanism and highly influential in HgCdTe-narrow band gap material. The Auger suppressed architectures have an advantage over conventional detectors allowing operation at elevated temperatures >200 K. Architecture with combination of exclusion and extraction heterojunctions has been proposed to lower Auger contribution. The paper presents a new long-wave (≈ 10 μm) infrared HgCdTe architecture with graded gap/doping interfaces and extra barrier located in exclusion heterojunction to suppress dark current for high operating temperature conditions. Proper barrier implementation reduces dark current by more than 20 A/cm2 for room temperature operation.
    Martyniuk P, Gawron W, Pawluczyk J, Kblowski A, Madejczyk P, Rogalski A. Dark current suppression in HOT LWIR HgCdTe heterostructures operating in non-equilibrium mode[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2015, 34(4): 385
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