Photodiodes based on InAs/InAs0.88Sb0.12/InAsSbP heterostructures for 2.5–4.9 μm spectral range

Abstract

Photodiodes with a photosensitive area diameter of 0.3 mm operating at room temperature in a middle-IR (2.5–4.9 μm) wavelength range have been created based on InAs/InAs0.94Sb0.06/InAsSbP/InAs0.88Sb0.12/InAsSbP/InAs heterostructures grown by liquid phase epitaxy. Distinguishing features of the proposed photodiodes are a high monochromatic responsivity, which reaches a maximum of 0.6–0.8 A/W at λmax = 4.0–4.6 μm, and a low dark current density of (1.3–7.5) × 10−2 A/cm2 at a reverse bias of 0.2 V. The differential resistance at zero bias reaches up to 700–800 Ω. The detection ability of photodiodes in the spectral interval of maximum sensitivity reaches (5–8) × 108 cm Hz1/2 W−1.