Dark current suppression in HOT LWIR HgCdTe heterostructures operating in non-equilibrium mode
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    Typically, infrared detectors require cryogenic cooling to limit dark current which is directly dependent on Auger generation-recombination mechanism and highly influential in HgCdTe-narrow band gap material. The Auger suppressed architectures have an advantage over conventional detectors allowing operation at elevated temperatures >200 K. Architecture with combination of exclusion and extraction heterojunctions has been proposed to lower Auger contribution. The paper presents a new long-wave (≈ 10 μm) infrared HgCdTe architecture with graded gap/doping interfaces and extra barrier located in exclusion heterojunction to suppress dark current for high operating temperature conditions. Proper barrier implementation reduces dark current by more than 20 A/cm2 for room temperature operation.

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Martyniuk P, Gawron W, Pawluczyk J, Keblowski A, Madejezyk P, Rogalski A. Dark current suppression in HOT LWIR HgCdTe heterostructures operating in non-equilibrium mode[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2015,34(4):385~390

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  • Received:April 25,2014
  • Revised:May 14,2014
  • Adopted:May 16,2014
  • Online: September 29,2015
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