Infrared phototransistor using capacitively coupled two-dimensional electron gas layers
- 20 April 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 86 (17), 172106
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1920425
Abstract
A narrow-band infrared phototransistor is designed and realized based on a double-layer structure. An isolated island formed from the first quantum well (QW) works as a gate, which is capacitively coupled to the remote two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer working as the source/drain channel. Incident radiation excites the intersubband transition within the isolated QW island. Excited electrons tunnel out of the QW causing it to positively charge up. This affects the conductance of the remote 2DEG channel, yielding detectable photosignals. The present detection mechanism makes it possible to design semiconductor infrared detectors with higher sensitivities along with custom designed tunability. The mechanism also holds potentiality of single-photon detection in the infrared region.
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