Comparison of the electro-optical performances of MWIR InAs/GaSb superlattice pin photodiode and FPA with asymmetrical designs

We first present an electro-optical characterization of the radiometric performances of a type-II InAs/GaSb superlattice (T2SL) pin photodiode operating in the mid-wavelength infrared domain. This photodiode was grown with an InAs-rich structure. We focused our attention on quantum efficiency and responsivity: quantum efficiency of mono-pixel device reaches 23% at λ = 2.1 μm for 1 μm thick SL structure and 77K operating temperature. Then we measured the angular response of this photodiode: the response of the photodiode doesn’t depend on the angle of incidence of the flux. We also report the QE of 2μm-thick InAs-rich T2SL pin 320×256 pixels focal plane array, which reaches 61% at λ = 2.6 μm.

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