Low-power photocurrent nonlinearity in quantum well infrared detectors

C. Mermelstein; H. Schneider; A. Sa'ar; C. Schönbein; M. Walther; G. Bihlmann

doi:10.1063/1.119771

Low-power photocurrent nonlinearity in quantum well infrared detectors

C. Mermelstein^*, H. Schneider, A. Sa'ar, C. Schönbein, M. Walther, G. Bihlmann

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Racah Institute of Physics

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Abstract

We report on the intensity dependence of the responsivity in quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIP). A strong reduction of the responsivity is observed already at small excitation powers for a QWIP with N=4 periods. This nonlinearity is caused by a partial screening of the electric field across the main part of the active region. The intensity dependence is analyzed using a phenomenological approach, which allows us to calculate the nonlinearity from the measured dark current and responsivity. Applying this approach to a background-limited 50 period QWIP, we find that the nonlinearity is already present below 1 mW cm^-2, which is less than the thermal background.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2011-2013
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	71
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.119771
State	Published - 6 Oct 1997

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