Application of the transition semiconductor to semimetal in type II nanostructure superlattice for mid-infrared optoelectronic devices

Abstract

The present work is devoted to the study of band structure and band gap in symmetric InAs (d 1 = 25 A)/GaSb (d 2 = 25 A) type II superlattice. Our calculations were performed in the envelope function formalism with the valence band offset Λ = 570 meV. We discussed the semiconductor to semimetal transition and the evolutions of the fundamental band gap, E g (Γ), as a function of d 1, Λ and the temperature. This study suggests that a wide range of wavelength can be reached by adjusting d 1. In addition, E g (Γ, T) decreases from 288.7 to 230 meV in the range of 4.2–300 K, corresponding to the cutoff wavelength ranging from 4.3 to 5.4 µm. These latter results explain the recent experimental ones realized by C. Cervera et al. for our Λ = 588 meV.