کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1784177 | 1524123 | 2014 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Light-intensity causes zero VB offsets in low-barrier IR detectors at T > 50 K.
• PL shows band gap increase in undoped GaAs with illumination at T = 25 K.
• Undoped GaAs and p-AlGaAs are reluctant to BGN caused by incident light intensity.
• Undoped GaAs/p-doped Al0.01Ga0.99As combination suitable for FIR/THz detectors.
Band gaps of semiconductor materials are reduced due to band gap narrowing (BGN). Photoluminescence measurements on GaAs and AlGaAs thin films revealed a dependency of incident light intensity, and temperature in BGN in addition to the doping density. As a result, the valence band offset of p-doped GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunctions were reduced under illumination and high temperatures. We present evidence of incident-light-intensity causing barrier reduction at temperature >50 K causing zero valence band offsets in low-barrier heterostructures such as p-GaAs/Al0.01Ga0.99As, in addition to the dark-current increase by thermal excitations, causing the device failure at high temperatures.
Journal: Infrared Physics & Technology - Volume 63, March 2014, Pages 193–197