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Ultraschnelle Intersubband-Photostromresponse in Quantum well Infrarotphotodetektoren
| Applied Physics Letters 71 (1997), No.5, pp.641-643
ISSN: 0003-6951
ISSN: 1077-3118 |
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| English |
| Journal Article |
| Fraunhofer IAF () |
| intersubband photocurrent; Intersubband-Photostrom; QWIP; time resolved photocurrent; zeitaufgelöster Photostrom |
Abstract
We report on a high bandwidth measurement of the transient intersubband photocurrent of a GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum-well infrared photodetector (QWIP). The photocurrent is excited via tunable subpicosecond infrared pulses. The response time of the detector has a full width at half-maximum of 18.5 ps and a rise time of 14.5 ps, which is limited by the electrical circuit. The decay time of the photocurrent response exhibits a significant dependence on the applied voltage, with increasing decay times for increasing bias voltages. From the experimental data, we conclude that the intrinsic response time of a QWIP is less than 7 ps.