LI Jin-tao,CHEN Song-yan,QI Dong-feng,HUANG Wei,LI Cheng,and LAI Hong-kai School of Physics,Mechanical & Electrical Engineering,Xiamen University,Xiamen 361005,China
Abstract:
The band structure of the confined states is calculated for Si/SiGe multi-quantum well infrared photodetector (M-QWIP). The
influence of the Ge component in pseudosubstrate on the energy band structure of Si/Si{in0.54}Ge{in0.46} multi-quantum wells
(MQWs) is investigated. It is found that the high energy levels in the MQWs move up while the low energy levels move down
as the Ge component in pseudosubstrate increases. The influence of the barrier width on the energy band structure of MQWs
is also studied based on the 6 × 6 k·p method. The results show that the Si barrier between 5 nm and 10 nm is optimized to
enhance the intersubband absorption in the MQWs.