Abstract
ABSTRACTThe forward current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of GaAs/AlGaAs Self Electro-optic Effect Device (SEED) p-i-n diodes were measured. The I-V curves exhibited a diode like behavior with an ideality factor of 2 for voltages in the range 0.5–1.25V. In this region, the diode series resistance varied inverse proportional to the forward current with the constant of proportionality being equal to this voltage drop in the i-region. From an analysis of the experimentally obtained voltage drop, the ambipolar lifetime was determined. For the standard device whose i-region had a multi quantum well structure consisting of 60 periods of 100Å undoped GaAs wells and 65Å undoped Al0.30Ga0.70As barriers, the ambipolar lifetime was found to be 79.6±3 psec for a 30×30 μm2mesa device and 92 ± 4 psec for a 100×100 μm2mesa device. When the barrier width was reduced to 35Å or when the barrier Al composition decreased to 0.2, no significant change in the ambipolar lifetime was measured. Since previous measurements have indicated that decreasing the barrier width or height greatly enhances carrier escape from the wells during the operation of the GaAs/AlGaAs p-i-n diode as a photodetector, it is inferred that the carrier escape and collection times are smaller than ∼ 80–90 psec.
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