Two color detector leveraging resonant cavity enhancement for performance improvement
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01L-027/146
H01L-031/102
H01L-031/109
H01L-031/0232
H01L-031/0304
H01L-031/101
출원번호
US-0084276
(2013-11-19)
등록번호
US-9536917
(2017-01-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Wehner, Justin Gordon Adams
Smith, Edward P.
Bostwick, Stephanie
출원인 / 주소
RAYTHEON COMPANY
대리인 / 주소
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
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초록▼
Methods and structures for providing single-color or multi-color photo-detectors leveraging cavity resonance for performance benefits. In one example, a radiation detector (110) includes a semiconductor absorber layer (210, 410A, 410B, 610, 810, 1010, 1030, 1210, 1230) having a first electrical cond
Methods and structures for providing single-color or multi-color photo-detectors leveraging cavity resonance for performance benefits. In one example, a radiation detector (110) includes a semiconductor absorber layer (210, 410A, 410B, 610, 810, 1010, 1030, 1210, 1230) having a first electrical conductivity type and an energy bandgap responsive to radiation in a first spectral region, a semiconductor collector layer (220, 630, 830, 1020, 1040) coupled to the absorber layer (210, 410A, 41013, 610, 810, 1010, 1030, 1210, 1230) and having a second electrical conductivity type, and a resonant cavity coupled to the collector layer (220, 630, 830, 1020, 1040) and having a first mirror (240) and a second mirror (245).
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1. A detector for detecting light at a first wavelength and at a second wavelength, the first wavelength being shorter than the second wavelength, the detector comprising: first and second mirrors, forming an optical cavity, the optical cavity being resonant at the second wavelength; andfirst and se
1. A detector for detecting light at a first wavelength and at a second wavelength, the first wavelength being shorter than the second wavelength, the detector comprising: first and second mirrors, forming an optical cavity, the optical cavity being resonant at the second wavelength; andfirst and second semiconductor layers between the first mirror and the second mirror;the first semiconductor layer having a bandgap sufficiently low to detect the first wavelength and sufficiently high to be substantially transparent to the second wavelength, andthe second semiconductor layer having a bandgap sufficiently low to detect the second wavelength,wherein the width of the second semiconductor layer is less than 2 times a depletion width of the detector. 2. The detector of claim 1, comprising a third semiconductor layer. 3. The detector of claim 2, wherein the third semiconductor layer is between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. 4. The detector of claim 3, wherein the third semiconductor layer is a barrier layer. 5. The detector of claim 2, wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are composed of a semiconductor of a first conductivity type, and the third semiconductor layer is composed of a semiconductor of a second conductivity type, the second conductivity type being different from the first conductivity type. 6. The detector of claim 5, wherein the first semiconductor layer is composed of n-type semiconductor, the second semiconductor layer is composed of n-type semiconductor, and the third semiconductor layer is composed of p-type semiconductor. 7. The detector of claim 5, comprising a fourth semiconductor layer adjacent the second semiconductor layer, the fourth semiconductor layer being composed of a semiconductor of the same conductivity type as the second semiconductor layer, and the fourth semiconductor layer having a higher doping density than the second semiconductor layer. 8. The detector of claim 7, wherein the first mirror and the second mirror are configured to provide, when the detector is illuminated by light at the second wavelength, an increased electric field amplitude in the second semiconductor layer. 9. The detector of claim 2, wherein the third semiconductor layer is a barrier layer. 10. The detector of claim 2, wherein the second semiconductor layer is between the first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer. 11. The detector of claim 10, wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are composed of a semiconductor of a first conductivity type, and the third semiconductor layer is composed of a semiconductor of a second conductivity type, the second conductivity type being different from the first conductivity type. 12. The detector of claim 11, wherein the first semiconductor layer is composed of n-type semiconductor, the second semiconductor layer is composed of n-type semiconductor, and the third semiconductor layer is composed of p-type semiconductor. 13. The detector of claim 1, wherein the first mirror and the second mirror are configured to provide, when the detector is illuminated by light at the second wavelength, an increased electric field amplitude in the second semiconductor layer. 14. An array of the detectors of claim 1, the array comprising a substrate, the substrate being wedged. 15. The detector of claim 1, comprising a third semiconductor layer and a fourth semiconductor layer, the third semiconductor layer being a barrier layer and being between the first semiconductor layer and the fourth semiconductor layer, the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the fourth semiconductor layers being composed of semiconductor material of the same conductivity type. 16. The detector of claim 1, comprising a contact adjacent the second mirror. 17. The detector of claim 16, wherein the contact is reflective and the contact is configured to enhance the reflectivity of the second mirror.
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