Ambient temperature or moderately cooled semiconductor hot electron bolometer for mm and sub-mm regions |
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Authors: | V. N. Dobrovolsky F. F. Sizov Y. E. Kamenev A. B. Smirnov |
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Affiliation: | (1) Lashkariov Institute of Semiconductor Physics, 41 Nauki Ave., 03-028 Kiev, Ukraine;(2) Usikov Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, 12 Akad. Proskury Str., 61-085 Kharkov, Ukraine |
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Abstract: | A model of semiconductor hot electron bolometer (SHEB), in which electromagnetic radiation heats only electrons in narrow-gap semiconductor without its lattice slow-response heating, is considered. Free carrier heating changes the generation-recombination processes that are the reason of semiconductor resistance rise. It is estimated, that Hg0.8Cd0.2Te detector noise equivalent power (NEP) for mm and sub-mm radiation wavelength range can reach NEP ∼10−11 W at Δf = 1 Hz signal gain frequency bandwidth. Measurements performed at electromagnetic wave frequencies v = 36, 39, 55, 75 GHz, and at 0.89 and 1.58 THz too, with non-optimized Hg0.8Cd0.2Te antenna-coupled bolometer prototype confirmed the basic concept of SHEB. The experimental sensitivity Sv ∼2 V/W at T = 300 K and the calculated both Johnson-Nyquist and generation-recombination noise values gave estimation of SHEB NEP ∼3.5 × 10−10 W at the band-width Δf = 1 Hz and v = 36 GHz. |
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Keywords: | hot electrons bolometer THz narrow-gap semiconductor |
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