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Near-Infrared Intersubband Photodetection in GaN/AlN Nanowires.
Lähnemann, Jonas; Ajay, Akhil; Den Hertog, Martien I; Monroy, Eva.
Afiliação
  • Lähnemann J; Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, INAC, PHELIQS , 17 av. des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.
  • Ajay A; Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, INAC, PHELIQS , 17 av. des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.
  • Den Hertog MI; Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, Institut Néel , 25 av. des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.
  • Monroy E; Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, INAC, PHELIQS , 17 av. des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.
Nano Lett ; 17(11): 6954-6960, 2017 11 08.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28961016
ABSTRACT
Intersubband optoelectronic devices rely on transitions between quantum-confined electron levels in semiconductor heterostructures, which enables infrared (IR) photodetection in the 1-30 µm wavelength window with picosecond response times. Incorporating nanowires as active media could enable an independent control over the electrical cross-section of the device and the optical absorption cross-section. Furthermore, the three-dimensional carrier confinement in nanowire heterostructures opens new possibilities to tune the carrier relaxation time. However, the generation of structural defects and the surface sensitivity of GaAs nanowires have so far hindered the fabrication of nanowire intersubband devices. Here, we report the first demonstration of intersubband photodetection in a nanowire, using GaN nanowires containing a GaN/AlN superlattice absorbing at 1.55 µm. The combination of spectral photocurrent measurements with 8-band k·p calculations of the electronic structure supports the interpretation of the result as intersubband photodetection in these extremely short-period superlattices. We observe a linear dependence of the photocurrent with the incident illumination power, which confirms the insensitivity of the intersubband process to surface states and highlights how architectures featuring large surface-to-volume ratios are suitable as intersubband photodetectors. Our analysis of the photocurrent characteristics points out routes for an improvement of the device performance. This first nanowire based intersubband photodetector represents a technological breakthrough that paves the way to a powerful device platform with potential for ultrafast, ultrasensitive photodetectors and highly efficient quantum cascade emitters with improved thermal stability.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article