Abstract
In this communication, the potentiality of InSb material as an avalanche photodiode (APD) device is investigated. Current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics at 77K of InSb pin photodiodes were simulated by using ATLAS software from SILVACO, in dark conditions and under illumination. In order to validate parameter values used for the modeling, theoretical J-V results were compared with experimental measurements performed on InSb diodes fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy. Next, assuming a multiplication process only induced by the electrons (e-APD), different designs of separate absorption and multiplication (SAM) APD structure were theoretically investigated and the first InSb SAM APD structure with 1μm thick multiplication layer was then fabricated and characterized.
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