Advances in III-V semiconductor infrared absorbers and detectors

Abstract Advances in bulk III-V semiconductor material such as InGaAsSb and metamorphic InAsSb, as well as in a variety of type-II superlattices such as InGaAs/GaAsSb, InAs/GaSb, and InAs/InAsSb, have provided continuously adjustable cutoff wavelength coverage from the short to the very long wavelength infrared. We perform basic theoretical analysis to provide comparisons of different infrared materials. We also briefly report experimental results on a mid-wavelength InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattice unipolar barrier infrared detector and a focal plane array with significantly higher operating temperature than InSb.