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Dark current and noise analyses of quantum dot infrared photodetectors |
Applied Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 14, pp. 2767-2771 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.51.002767
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Abstract
Because the dark current and the noise of quantum dot infrared photodetectors (QDIPs) can bring about a degradation in their performance, they have attracted more and more attention in recent years. In this paper, an algorithm used to evaluate the dark current of the QDIP is proposed, which is based on the algorithm including the common contribution of the microscale and the nanoscale electron transport. Namely, by accounting for the dependence of the drift velocity on the applied electric field, we greatly enhance the accuracy of the dark current calculation compared with that in the previous algorithm. This proposed algorithm is further used to estimate the noise current of QDIP, and the calculated results show a good agreement with the published data.
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OCIS Codes
(040.3060) Detectors : Infrared
(230.5590) Optical devices : Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices
ToC Category:
Detectors
History
Original Manuscript: January 5, 2012
Revised Manuscript: February 28, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: March 2, 2012
Published: May 10, 2012
Citation
Hongmei Liu and Jianqi Zhang, "Dark current and noise analyses of quantum dot infrared photodetectors," Appl. Opt. 51, 2767-2771 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-51-14-2767
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