AlGaN紫外光探测器外延材料生长研究

报道了在蓝宝石衬底上采用金属有机物化学气相淀积技术成功地生长出了GaN基紫外探测器阵列外延材料,生长的高Al组分AlxGa1-xN(x≥0.4)薄膜不裂、表面光亮.并采用X-射线双晶衍射、显微照片等方法对薄膜质量进行了表征.生长的高Al组分AlxGa1-xN薄膜已用于研制64×64元日盲型紫外探测器焦平阵列.     

背照式AIGaN/GaN基光电探测器的结构设计及性能模拟

基于扩散漂移方程,对背照式日盲紫外AlxGa1-xN异质结p-i-n光电二极管和可见盲GaN同质结吸收区和倍增区分离的雪崩光电二极管(SAM-APD)进行了建模,模拟分析了这两种探测器的光电响应特性和电学参数,结果与实测数据和文献报道数据一致性较好.计算时还考虑了材料制备和器件工艺的实际情况,分析了有关参数对器件性能的...     

高温AlN为模板的AlGaN基p-i-n背照式日光盲探测器

第一次报道了以高温AlN为模板层的AlGaN基p-i-n背照式日光盲探测器的制作和器件特性.利用MOCVD方法在(0001)面的蓝宝石衬底上生长了探测器的AlxGa1-xN多层外延材料.在无需核化层的高温AlN模板上生长了p-i-n背照式日光盲探测器的无裂纹高Al组分(0.7)AlGaN多层外延结构.利用在线反射监测仪、三轴X射线衍射及原子力显微镜表征了外延材料的晶体质量.在1.8V的反向偏压下,制作的探测器表现出了日光盲响应特性,在270nm处最大响应度为0.0864A/W.具有约3.5V的正向开启电压,大于20V的反向击穿电压,在2V的反向偏压下暗电流小于20pA.     

高温AlN为模板的AlGaN基p-i-n背照式日光盲探测器

第一次报道了以高温AlN为模板层的AlGaN基p-i-n背照式日光盲探测器的制作和器件特性.利用MOCVD方法在(0001)面的蓝宝石衬底上生长了探测器的AlxGa1-xN多层外延材料.在无需核化层的高温AlN模板上生长了p-i-n背照式日光盲探测器的无裂纹高Al组分(0.7)AlGaN多层外延结构.利用在线反射监测仪、三轴X射线衍射及原子力显微镜表征了外延材料的晶体质量.在1.8V的反向偏压下,制作的探测器表现出了日光盲响应特性,在270nm处最大响应度为0.0864A/W.具有约3.5V的正向开启电压,大于20V的反向击穿电压,在2V的反向偏压下暗电流小于20pA.     

背照式高量子效率AlGaN日盲紫外探测器设计

高量子效率、高UV/VIS抑制比、宽的光谱响应范围、快的响应速度是AlGaN紫外探测器设计追求的主要目标。为了获得适宜于紫外焦平面阵列的探测器结构,结合MOCVD外延材料生长的特点,采用模拟计算与实验相结合的方法,设计了背照式高量子效率AlGaN日盲探测器。详细介绍了背照式AlxGa1-xN-pin紫外探测器结构参数设计的依据和设计过程,并给出了设计结果,通过工艺实验,对设计结果进行了优化。应用设计结果进行了器件试制,经测试试制器件,其峰值响应波长为270 nm,光谱响应范围为250～282 nm,峰值量子效率达到了57%（0V）,实验表明取得了比较理想的设计结果。     

AlxGa1-xN日盲紫外探测器及其焦平面阵列

报道了320×256元AlxGa1-xN日盲型紫外探测器及其焦平面阵列探测器的研制情况,介绍了材料生长、器件制备工艺和器件的光电特性.器件的开启电压大于3.5 V,-0.5 V偏压时暗电流小于1.2×10-12A(φ=300 μm台面),光谱响应范围260～280 nm,268 nm峰值波长的响应度大于0.095 A/W.器件实现了日盲紫外成像演示.     

界面极化效应对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin探测器光电响应的影响

设计了正面入射的探测波长范围限制在326～365nm的AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin光电探测器.利用自洽求解薛定谔-泊松方程计算了AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结在无极化、完全极化和部分极化的能带图,结合光电响应谱的模拟,分析了界面极化效应对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin紫外光电探测器响应特性的影响并提出了改善方法.     

AlGaN/GaN异质结单片集成紫外/红外双色探测器

采用分子束外延(MBE)技术在蓝宝石衬底上依次生长n+GaN下电极层、i型AlxGa1-xN势垒层和n+GaN发射极层,并通过半导体微细加工技术,制作了AlGaN/GaN异质结单片集成紫外/红外双色探测器。该器件利用不同的探测机理,同时实现了红外光和紫外光探测,拓展了响应光谱的范围。红外光探测是通过AlGaN/GaN异质结界面自由电子吸收和功函数内部光致发射效应完成的,紫外光探测是通过AlxGa1-xN势垒层带间吸收完成的。对单元器件的暗电流特性、紫外及红外光谱特性进行了测试。测试结果表明,紫外响应截止波长356 nm,响应度180 mA/W,红外响应峰值波长14.5μm,响应度49 mA/W。     

界面极化效应对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin探测器光电响应的影响

设计了正面入射的探测波长范围限制在326～365nm的AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin光电探测器.利用自洽求解薛定谔-泊松方程计算了AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结在无极化、完全极化和部分极化的能带图,结合光电响应谱的模拟,分析了界面极化效应对AlxGa1-xN/GaN异质结pin紫外光电探测器响应特性的影响并提出了改善方法.     

背照式AlGaN/GaN基PIN日盲型紫外探测器的研制

利用MOCVD方法在蓝宝石（0001）衬底上生长PIN型AlGaN/GaN外延材料,研制出背照式AlGaN基PIN日盲型紫外探测器,用紫外光谱测试系统和半导体参数测试仪分别测得了器件的光谱响应和I-V特性曲线。测试结果表明,器件的响应范围为260~280 nm,峰值响应出现在270 nm处,在2.5 V偏压下的最大响应...     

Heterojunction DDR THz IMPATT diodes based on AlxGa1-xN/GaN material system

Simulation studies are made on the large-signal RF performance and avalanche noise properties of heterojunction double-drift region (DDR) impact avalanche transit time (IMPATT) diodes based on Al_xGa_1-xN/GaN material system designed to operate at 1.0 THz frequency. Two different heterojunction DDR structures such as n-Al_0.4Ga_0.6N/p-GaN and n-GaN/p-Al_0.4Ga_0.6N are proposed in this study. The large-signal output power, conversion efficiency and noise properties of the heterojunction DDR IMPATTs are compared with homojunction DDR IMPATT devices based on GaN and Al_0.4Ga_0.6N. The results show that the n-Al_0.4Ga_0.6N/p-GaN heterojunction DDR device not only surpasses the n-GaN/p-Al_0.4Ga_0.6N DDR device but also homojunction DDR IMPATTs based on GaN and Al_0.4Ga_0.6N as regards large-signal conversion efficiency, power output and avalanche noise performance at 1.0 THz.     

Low-noise solar-blind AlxGa1-xN-based metal-semiconductor-metal ultraviolet photodetectors

We report the growth, fabrication, and characterization of high performance Schottky metal-semiconductor-metal solar-blind photodetectors fabricated on epitaxial Al_0.4Ga_0.6N layers grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. The devices exhibited low dark current (<2 pA at 30 V) and a gain-enhanced ultraviolet (UV) photocurrent for bias voltages >40 V. The gain was corroborated by external quantum efficiency measurements reflecting a quantum efficiency as high as 49% (at=272 nm) at 90 V bias, with a corresponding responsivity R=107 mA/W. A visible-to-UV rejection factor of more than three orders of magnitude was demonstrated. Time-domain and frequency-domain speed measurements show a 3-dB bandwidth of ∼100 MHz. Low-frequency noise measurements have determined a detectivity (D^*) as high as 3.3 10¹⁰ cm·Hz^1/2/W for a 500 Hz bandwidth at 37 V bias.     

Properties of Ge-doped GaAs and Alx Ga1−xAs,Sn-doped Alx Ga1−xAs and Si-Te-doped GaAs

In order to better understand the electrical and optical properties of GaAs and Al_xGa_1-x As used in making double heterojunction lasers, we have studied the Hall coefficient, resistivity and photoluminescence behavior of doped epitaxial samples of these materials. In particular, we report results on Ge-doped GaAs and Al_x Ga_1-x As, Sn-doped Al_xGa_1-x As and Si-Te-doped GaAs single crystal layers which were grown on GaAs substrates by the liquid phase epitaxial method. The effects of impurities in the solution on the carrier concentration, mobility, photoluminescence spectra and possible recombination processes in these layers are discussed.     

Machine Vision Based on an Ultra-Wide Bandgap 2D Semiconductor AsSbO3

Facing the future development trend of miniaturization and intelligence of electronic devices, solar-blind photodetectors based on ultrawide-bandgap 2D semiconductors have the advantages of low dark current, and high signal-to-noise ratio, as well as the features of micro-nanometer miniaturization and multi-functionalization of 2D material devices, which have potential applications in the photoelectric sensor part of high-performance machine vision systems. This study reports a 2D oxide semiconductor, AsSbO₃, with an ultrawide bandgap (4.997 eV for monolayer and 4.4 eV for multilayer) to be used to fabricate highly selective solar-blind UV photodetectors, of which the dark current as low as 100 fA and rejection ratio of UV-C and UV-A reaches 7.6 × 10³. Under 239 nm incident light, the responsivity is 105 mA W⁻¹ and the detectivity is 7.58 × 10¹² Jones. Owing to the remarkable anisotropic crystal structure, AsSbO₃ also shows significant linear dichroism and nonlinear optical properties. Finally, a simple machine vision system is simulated by combining the real-time imaging function in solar-blind UV with a convolutional neural network. This study enriches the material system of ultrawide-bandgap 2D semiconductors and provides insight into the future development of high-performance solar-blind UV optoelectronic devices.     

AlxGa1−xN/GaN multi-quantum-well ultraviolet detector based on p-i-n heterostructures

We report on characterization of a set of AlGaN/GaN multiple-quantum-well (MQW) photodetectors. The model structure used in the calculation is the p-i-n heterojunction with 20 AlGaN/GaN MQW structures in i-region. The MQW structures have 2 nm GaN quantum well width and 15 nm Al_xGa_1−xN barrier width. The cutoff wavelength of the MQW photodetectors can be tuned by adjusting the well width and barrier height. Including the polarization field effects, on increasing Al mole fraction, the transition energy decreases, the total noise increases, and the responsivity has a red shift, and so the detectivity decreases and has a red shift.     

Properties and use of ln0.5(AlxGa1-x)0.5P and AlxGa1-x as native oxides in heterostructure lasers

Data are presented demonstrating the formation of native oxides from high Al composition In_0.5(Al_xGa_1-x)_0.5P (x≳ 0.9) by simple annealing in a “wet” ambient. The oxidation occurs by reaction of the high Al composition crystal with H₂O vapor (in a N₂ carrier gas) at elevated temperatures (≥500° C) and results in stable transparent oxides. Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM) are employed to evaluate the oxide properties, composition, and oxide-semiconductor interface. The properties of native oxides of the In_0.5(Al_xGa_1-x)_0.5P system are compared to those of the Al_xGa_1-xAs system. Possible reaction mechanisms and oxidation kinetics are considered. The In_0.5(Al_xGa_1-x)_0.5P native oxide is shown to be of sufficient quality to be employed in the fabrication of stripe-geometry In_0.5(Al_xGa_1-x)_0.5P visible-spectrum laser diodes.     

AlGaN日盲紫外雪崩光电探测器暗电流研究

为了提高AlGaN日盲紫外雪崩探测器的信噪比,降低暗电流,研制高性能日盲紫外探测器,针对AlGaN日盲紫外雪崩探测器暗电流机制进行了深入研究。首先对传统p-i-n-i-n结构雪崩探测器进行了初步研究,分别设计了GaN和AlGaN的两种雪崩探测器模型,分析了其不同暗电流特性,得到的模拟暗电流特性曲线与实验吻合。在此基础上,针对日盲紫外波段高Al组分AlGaN雪崩探测器,重点分析研究了不同异质界面的负极化电荷、p型有效掺杂以及温度等因素对暗电流的影响。在AlGaN日盲紫外雪崩探测器研究中得到的近零偏工作暗电流为2.510-13 A,在反向138 V左右发生雪崩击穿,雪崩开启电流为18.3 nA左右,击穿电压温度系数约为0.05 V/K,与实验及文献测试结果吻合。     

Influence of alloy composition,substrate temperature,and doping concentration on electrical properties of Si-doped n-Alx Ga1−x As grown by molecular beam epitaxy

Capacitance and Hall effect measurements in the temperature range 10-300 K were performed to evaluate the deep and shallow level characteristics of Si-doped n-Al_xGa_-xAs layers with 0 × 0.4 grown by molecular beam epitaxy. For alloy compositions × 0.3 the overall trap concentration was found to be less than 10⁻² of the carrier concentration. In this composition range the transport properties of the ternary alloy are comparable to those of n-GaAs:Si except for lower electron mobibities due to alloy scattering. With higher Al content one dominant electron trap determines the overall electrical properties of the material, and in n-Al_0.35Ga_0.65As:Si the deep trap concentration is already of the order of the free-carrier concentration or even higher. For the composition × = 0.35 ± 0.02 the influence of growth temperature and of Si dopant flux intensity on the deep trap concentration, on shallow and deep level activation energy, and on carrier freeze-out behaviour was studied and analyzed in detail. Our admittance measurements clearly revealed that the previously assumed deepening of the shallow level in n-Al_x Ga_1-x As of alloy composition close to the direct-indirect cross-over point does actuallynot exist. In this composition range an increase of the Si dopant flux leads to a reduction of the thermal activation energy for electron emission from shallow levels due to a lowering of the emission barrier by the electric field of the impurities. The increasing doping flux also enhances the concentration of the dominant electron trap strongly, thus indicating a participation of the dopant atoms in the formation of deep donor-type (D,X) centers. These results are in excellent agreement with the model first proposed by Lang et al. for interpretation of deep electron traps in n-Al_x Ga_1-x grown by liquid phase epitaxy.     

Investigation on resonant tunneling in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs DBD using tunneling spectroscopy

 Experimental investigation on resonant tunneling in various GaAs/Al_xGa_(1-x)As double barrier single well structures has been performed by using tunneling spectroscopy at different temperatures.The results show that in addition to resonant tunneling via GaAs well state confined by Al_xGa_(1-x)As Γ-point barrier there exists resonant tunneling via GaAs well state confined by Al_xGa_(1-x)As X-point barrier for both indirect(x>0.4)and direct(x<0.4)cases.