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A Novel Infrared Sige/Si Heterojunction Detector with an Ultrathin Phosphorus Barrier Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

R. Banisch
Affiliation:
Institute for Semiconductor Physics, P.O. Box 409, D-15204 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany, banisch@ihp-ffo.de
B. Tilack
Affiliation:
Institute for Semiconductor Physics, P.O. Box 409, D-15204 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany, banisch@ihp-ffo.de
M. Pierschel
Affiliation:
Institute for Semiconductor Physics, P.O. Box 409, D-15204 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany, banisch@ihp-ffo.de
K. Pressel
Affiliation:
Institute for Semiconductor Physics, P.O. Box 409, D-15204 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany, banisch@ihp-ffo.de
R. Barth
Affiliation:
Institute for Semiconductor Physics, P.O. Box 409, D-15204 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany, banisch@ihp-ffo.de
D. Krüger
Affiliation:
Institute for Semiconductor Physics, P.O. Box 409, D-15204 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany, banisch@ihp-ffo.de
G. Ritter
Affiliation:
Institute for Semiconductor Physics, P.O. Box 409, D-15204 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany, banisch@ihp-ffo.de
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Abstract

In strained Sia−xGex heterojunction internal photoemission (HIP) photodiodes the spectral response can be tailored over a wide wavelength range by varying the Ge content. In this paper heavily in situ boron doped SiGe layers with 30% Ge were grown by low pressure rapid thermal chemical vapour deposition (LP(RT)CVD). The detectors exhibit a cut-off wavelength of 8.5 μm. A delta-like P peak, incorporated by atomic layer deposition technique, shifts the cut-off to shorter wavelengths. This shift is related to an increase of the barrier height at the SiGe/Si interface caused by the narrow n+-doped layer in agreement with device simulation. In this way the trade off between critical film thickness for high Ge content film growth and absorption depth for proper detector response can be overcome.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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