Voltage-Tunable Mid- and Long-Wavelength Dual-Band Infrared Photodetector Based on Hybrid Self-Assembled and Sub-Monolayer Quantum Dots.

Yao Zhai,Xuejun Lu,Guiru Gu

doi:10.3390/mi10010004

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https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10010004

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Abstract

In this paper, we report a mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) dual-band photodetector capable of voltage-controllable detection band selection. The voltage-tunable dual-band photodetector is based on the multiple stacks of sub-monolayer (SML) quantum dots (QDs) and self-assembled QDs. By changing the photodetector bias voltages, one can set the detection band to be MWIR, or LWIR or both with high photodetectivity and low crosstalk between the bands.

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Due to their importance in numerous civilian and defense applications, dual-band photodetectors covering the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) (3–5 μm) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) (8–12 μm) bands have been extensively researched in the past decades [1,2]
quantum dots (QDs) based MWIR and LWIR dual-band photodetectors have been reported by several research groups [10,11,12] using different techniques including tailoring the sizes of the QDs during the material growth capping the QDs with different capping layers [12], and inserting asymmetric barrier layers [13]
We report aa dual-band dual-band MWIR and LWIR photodetector photodetector based on the multiple stacks of

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Introduction

Due to their importance in numerous civilian and defense applications, dual-band photodetectors covering the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) (3–5 μm) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) (8–12 μm) bands have been extensively researched in the past decades [1,2]. QD based MWIR and LWIR dual-band photodetectors have been reported by several research groups [10,11,12] using different techniques including tailoring the sizes of the QDs during the material growth capping the QDs with different capping layers [12], and inserting asymmetric barrier layers [13]. We report aa dual-band dual-band MWIR and LWIR photodetector photodetector based on the multiple stacks of QDs and self-assembled.

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