Infrared phototransistor using capacitively coupled two-dimensional electron gas layers
2005; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 86; Issue: 17 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1063/1.1920425
ISSN1520-8842
AutoresZhenghua An, Jeng-Chung Chen, Takuya Ueda, Susumu Komiyama, Kazuhiko Hirakawa,
Tópico(s)Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
ResumoA narrow-band infrared phototransistor (14.8μm) is designed and realized based on a GaAs∕AlGaAs double-layer structure. An isolated island formed from the first quantum well (QW) works as a gate, which is capacitively coupled to the remote two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer working as the source/drain channel. Incident radiation excites the intersubband transition within the isolated QW island. Excited electrons tunnel out of the QW causing it to positively charge up. This affects the conductance of the remote 2DEG channel, yielding detectable photosignals. The present detection mechanism makes it possible to design semiconductor infrared detectors with higher sensitivities along with custom designed tunability. The mechanism also holds potentiality of single-photon detection in the infrared region.
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