Carrier transport in III–V quantum-dot structures for solar cells or photodetectors

According to the well-established light-to-electricity conversion theory,resonant excited carriers in the quantum dots will relax to the ground states and cannot escape from the quantum dots to form photocurrent,which have been observed in quantum dots without a p–n junction at an external bias.Here,we experimentally observed more than 88% of the resonantly excited photo carriers escaping from In As quantum dots embedded in a short-circuited p–n junction to form photocurrent.The phenomenon cannot be explained by thermionic emission,tunneling process,and intermediate-band theories.A new mechanism is suggested that the photo carriers escape directly from the quantum dots to form photocurrent rather than relax to the ground state of quantum dots induced by a p–n junction.The finding is important for understanding the low-dimensional semiconductor physics and applications in solar cells and photodiode detectors.     

甚长波量子阱红外探测器中的双激发态工作机理

通过对甚长波量子阱红外探测器的变温变偏压光谱实验,发现了光电流谱峰值响应波长与半高宽随偏置电压和温度变化均会发生变化,尤其以小偏压下峰值移动明显.结合器件能带结构计算的结果,提出了甚长波量子阱红外探测器中双激发态工作模型,并阐明了其中束缚态-准束缚态跃迁模式中准束缚态的物理特性,包括隧穿特性和热离化特性,以及不同工作条件下这两种物理过程在形成光电流时的主导性.同时,验证了甚长波量子阱红外探测器件的第一激发态随外界工作条件的变化会呈现出准束缚到准连续的变化特性.最后,揭示了在甚长波量子阱红外探测器工作中束缚态-准束缚态跃迁工作模式对于降低器件暗电流、提升器件工作温度、提高器件探测率的有效性.     

InAs量子点引入应力对调制掺杂结构中二维电子气输运特性的影响

系统研究了在调制掺杂AlGaAs/GaAs异质结中嵌入InAs量子点后对二维电子气输运特性的影响。使用分子束外延设备生长了量子点层与二维电子气沟道距离（T_ch）不同的3个样品,霍尔测试结果表明,二维电子气的电子迁移率和载流子浓度都随T_ch的减小而降低。基于几何相位分析算法对部分样品的高分辨透射电镜图像进行了处理,得到了其应变分布图。结果表明,应变主要分布在量子点的周围,并延伸到了量子点的上方。该不均匀的应力场可能是除库伦散射外影响电子迁移率降低的另一个重要因素。     

（英）分子束外延生长InAsSb材料的组分控制

采用分子束外延方法在GaAs和GaSb衬底上生长了一系列InAsSb薄膜,研究了Sb组分与Sb4束流间关系.实验发现,在分子束外延生长中,相比As原子, Sb原子更易并入晶格中.利用该特性可较好实现InAsSb材料的组分控制.