Temperature-dependent mechanism of Ge-Based p-i-n blocked impurity band infrared detectors
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1State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China;2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, 200241, Shanghai, China;4College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Hangzhou University of Technology,Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China;5School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University,Shanghai 201210, China;6School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University,Shanghai 200444, China

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O43

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Supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFA1608701), National Natural Science Foundation of China (62274168, 11933006 and U2141240), and Hangzhou Leading Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team (TD2020002).

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    Blocked Impurity Band (BIB) detectors have significant application potential in fields such as infrared astronomical space observation. However, studies on their temperature-dependent mechanisms remain limited. In this work, a planar p-i-n structured BIB infrared detector based on high-purity germanium was fabricated using a near-surface processing technique. The device exhibited excellent electrical and photoresponse performance under cryogenic conditions. At 3.3K, the reverse bias current was as low as 15 pA, and good response was maintained below 15K. The blackbody detectivity reached up to , but decreased with increasing temperature. A current model incorporating photoexcitation, thermal excitation, and impact ionization processes was employed to simulate the experimental results. The analysis revealed that the primary mechanism for performance degradation at elevated temperatures is the significant shrinkage of the depletion region, which reduces carrier collection efficiency. This study provides both theoretical and experimental support for the structural design and performance optimization of BIB detectors for low-temperature infrared detection.

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  • Received:May 24,2025
  • Revised:March 09,2026
  • Adopted:July 07,2025
  • Online: March 02,2026
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