Effective surface passivation of type-II InAs/GaSb superlattice photodiodes with cutoff wavelengths in the long-wavelength infrared is presented. A stable passivation layer, the electrical properties of which do not change as a function of the ambient environment nor time, has been prepared by a solvent-based surface preparation, vacuum desorption, and the application of an insulating polyimide layer. Passivated photodiodes, with dimensions ranging from 400×400 to 25×25 μm2, with a cutoff wavelength of ∼11 μm, exhibited near bulk-limited R0A values of ∼12 Ω cm2, surface resistivities in excess of 104 Ω cm, and very uniform current-voltage behavior at 77 K.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:90
,
Issue:
23
)
Date of Publication:
Jun 2007
- Page(s):
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233513
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233513-3
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.2747172
- Date of Current Version :
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18 June 2009
- Issue Date :
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Jun 2007