Gate-controlled narrow-bandgap photodiodes passivated with rf sputtered dielectrics

Jaroslaw Rutkowski; Jakub Wenus; Waldemar Gawron; Krzysztof Adamiec

doi:10.1117/12.344756

8 April 1999 Gate-controlled narrow-bandgap photodiodes passivated with rf sputtered dielectrics

Jaroslaw Rutkowski, Jakub Wenus, Waldemar Gawron, Krzysztof Adamiec

Proceedings Volume 3725, International Conference on Solid State Crystals '98: Epilayers and Heterostructures in Optoelectronics and Semiconductor Technology; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344756
Event: International Conference on Solid State Crystals '98, 1998, Zakopane, Poland

Abstract

Gate-controlled diodes were made by using evaporated indium electrodes overlapping the edge of mesa diodes, isolated from the surface by a layer of ZnS or by native anodic oxide of InSb or HgCdTe. The resulting 3D device characteristics with gate voltage as a parameter have been investigated. Relative spectral responses and I-V characteristics were measured at 77 K. The R₀A product is used as an indicator of the dark current of photodiodes passivated with ZnS layer. A plot of R₀A values versus gate potential shows that the optimum R₀A values are obtained at small positive gate bias voltage. This dependence is consistent with surface recombination influencing the R₀A product. The results of a 2D model for calculating gate-induce surface leakage currents due to band-to-band tunneling are presented. The exact quantitative comparison cannot be made between our results and theory, since the active tunneling area is not known.

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Jaroslaw Rutkowski, Jakub Wenus, Waldemar Gawron, and Krzysztof Adamiec "Gate-controlled narrow-bandgap photodiodes passivated with rf sputtered dielectrics", Proc. SPIE 3725, International Conference on Solid State Crystals '98: Epilayers and Heterostructures in Optoelectronics and Semiconductor Technology, (8 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344756

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