Study on irradiation-induced defects in GaAs/AlGaAs core–shell nanowires via photoluminescence technique

To gain a physical insight into the radiation effect on nanowires(NWs), the time resolved photoluminescence(TRPL)technique is used to investigate the carrier dynamic behaviors in GaAs/AlGaAs core–shell NWs before and after 1-MeV proton irradiation with fluences ranging from 1.0 × 10~(12) cm~(-2) to 3.0 × 10~(13) cm~(-2). It is found that the degradations of spectral peak intensity and minority carrier lifetime show similar trends against irradiation fluence, which is closely related to the displacement defects induced by irradiation. We also find that the proton irradiation-induced defects behave as Shockley–Read–Hall(SRH) recombination center trapping free carriers. Finally, the defect concentration could be estimated through measuring the minority carrier lifetime.     

量子点红外探测器在空间光电系统中的应用

为了更好地开发和利用空间资源,各国竞相通过向空间发射卫星、空间站、航天飞机等航天器来建立探测站点和通信网络以占据具有最大优势的位置,其中空间光电系统在探索新资源方面起到关键的作用.点对点的距离远、空间辐射强、温差较大等空间环境因素严重影响着光电系统性能的发挥,也向空间光电系统的稳定性和可靠性提出了挑战.本文提出将具有较高的探测灵敏度、工作温度、抗辐射能力和响应带宽的新型量子点红外探测器应用于空间光电系统,阐述了量子点红外探测器的基本工作原理和优点,并讨论了量子点红外探测器在空间应用的技术要求,分析了其在空间的激光雷达、卫星光通信和成像或者非成像系统中的应用.     

Proton radiation effect on GaAs/AlGaAs core–shell ensemble nanowires photo-detector

We demonstrate that the GaAs/AlGaAs nanowires(NWs) ensemble is fabricated into photo-detectors. Current–voltage(I–V) characteristics are measured on Ga As/Al Ga As core–shell ensemble NW photo-detectors at room-temperature before and after 1-MeV proton irradiation with fluences from 1.0 × 10~(13) cm~(-2) to 5.0 × 10~(14) cm~(-2). The degradation of photocurrent suggests that the point defects induced by proton radiation could cause both carrier lifetime and carrier mobility to decrease synchronously. Comparing with a GaAs quantum well, the degradations of light and dark current for the irradiated NWs photo-detector indicate that NWs material is a preferable potential candidate for space applications.