Carrier scattering approach to the origins of dark current in mid- and far-infrared (terahertz) quantum-well intersubband photodetectors (QWLPs)

N.E.I. Etteh, P. Harrison
2001 IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics  
Article: Etteh, N.E.I. and Harrison, P. (2001) Carrier scattering approach to the origins of dark current in mid-and far-infrared (terahertz) quantum-well intersubband photodetectors (QWIPs). Abstract-A carrier scattering approach is taken in an analysis of the affect on the dark current of extending the operating wavelength of conventional bound to continuum quantum-well intersubband photodetectors. It is found that both the sequential tunneling and the thermionic emission contributions to the
more » ... dark current increase as the wavelength of the detector is extended from the mid-to far-infrared. Dark current designs rules are derived. Index Terms-Far-infrared, infrared, intersubband, quantum wells, QWIP, terahertz (THz).
doi:10.1109/3.918580 fatcat:fbjp42mj3zakvg52ilz7m2dpeu