Abstract
The performance of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well infrared photodetectors specified in terms of background limited temperature Tb and specific detectivity D* has been calculated based on realistic detector parameters. It is found that for a detector with an external quantum efficiency η of 6.9%, Tb is 76 K for a cutoff wavelength of 10 μm. This value of Tb agrees with the recent experimental result and is significantly higher than the previous estimation given by M. A. Kinch and A. Yariv [Appl. Phys. Lett. 55, 2093 (1989)]. If η is unity, the projected Tb can be as high as 88 K with a D* of 2.2×1011 cm√Hz/W. For a lower temperature operation, D* increases to 7.5×1011 cm√Hz/W at 77 K, comparable to that of a HgCdTe detector.
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