Importance of the upper state position in the performance of quantum well intersubband infrared detectors
作者:
A. G. Steele,
H. C. Liu,
M. Buchanan,
Z. R. Wasilewski,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 59,
issue 27
页码: 3625-3627
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1063/1.106379
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
We present the results of a systematic study of the dependence of intersubband infrared detector performance on the subband energies. By using samples cut from different positions on a single wafer grown with a known thickness variation it is possible to obtain a set of devices for which the well width varies in a controlled manner, but the barrier height remains fixed. Current versus voltage and responsivity measurements demonstrate the importance of the detector performance on the exact location of the upper state: optimum peak response is obtained when the subband is resonant with the top of barrier.
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