Study on the performance of GaAsSb/InAlAs SACM avalanche photodetectors
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1School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China;2National Key Laboratory of Infrared Detection Technologies, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China;3School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China

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Supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB0980000) ;the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62335017, 62504232); the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (23ZR1473500, 23ZR1473100)

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    The photoelectric characteristics of GaAsSb/InAlAs separate absorption, charge, and multiplication (SACM) avalanche photodetectors were investigated. This heterojunction has a small conduction band offset (=0.089 eV), which facilitates carrier injection into the multiplication region. Three SACM APDs were designed with charge layer doping concentrations of 2×1017 cm-3, 3×1017 cm-3, and 4×1017 cm-3. Results show that the device with 4×1017 cm-3 exhibited the best performance. At room temperature, it achieved a cutoff wavelength of 1.7 , a punch-through voltage of -10.8 V, a gain of 20.3 at -34.6 V, and a corresponding dark current density of 0.058 A/cm2. Compared with the GaAsSb PIN APD, the gain increased by 6.8 times, and the dark current was effectively reduced. Adjusting the charge layer doping concentration suppresses the dark current and improves the gain, providing a new approach for highly sensitive short-wave infrared APDs.

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  • Received:January 04,2026
  • Revised:July 07,2026
  • Adopted:March 01,2026
  • Online: June 30,2026
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