Dark current mechanism of long-wavelength HgCdTe infrared detectors on alternative substrates
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    The dark current characteristics of long-wavelength HgCdTe were analyzed, compared upon three types of devices. By I-V measurement under different temperatures and dark current mechanisms, the dominant currents of each device were clarified at different temperatures. It is demonstrated that the B+-implanted n+-on-p planar junction on silicon substrate is comparable to that on bulk cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe) substrate above 80K. However, the trap-assisted tunneling current becomes dominant under 80K due to the high density of dislocations. Compared with n+-on-p junctions, the p+-on-n double-layer heterojunction inhibits the diffusion current effectively, which is good matched with the calculation result upon the parameter, derived from I-V curve fitting. This p+-on-n diode has a R0A value of 38 Ω·cm2 at 80K, for the cut-off wavelength of 9.6 μm, while that of the n+-on-p diode on bulk CdZnTe is 2.5 Ω·cm2. Below 60K, the dislocations make the R0A value of the p+-on-n diode an order of magnitude lower than that of the n+-on-p diode on CdZnTe.

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ZHAO Zhen-Dian, CHEN Lu, FU Xiang-Liang, WANG Wei-Qiang, SHEN Chuan, ZHANG Bin, BU Shun-Dong, WANG Gao, YANG Feng, HE Li. Dark current mechanism of long-wavelength HgCdTe infrared detectors on alternative substrates[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves,2017,36(2):186~190

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  • Received:July 25,2016
  • Revised:July 25,2016
  • Adopted:September 06,2016
  • Online: April 28,2017
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