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OPTICS EXPRESS
卷 24, 期 7, 页码 7823-7834出版社
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.007823
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB619202]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [61275113, 61405232]
- Shanghai Sailing Program [15YF1414300]
- open project of Key Laboratory of Infrared Imaging Materials and Detectors [IIMDKFJJ-15-08]
- Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Effects of mesa etching and geometry on InGaAs/InAlAs avalanche photodiodes (APDs) were investigated by using both wet and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching with different mesa shapes as well as etchants. It was found that the mesa geometry had no evident impact on APDs' characteristics regardless of the etching techniques applied. Besides, ICP-etched APDs showed faster punch-through, suppressed premature surface breakdown and lower dark current behaviors compared to the wet-etched devices. Substantially suppressed surface leakage was also observed for ICP-etched devices, showing 1 and 3 orders of magnitude better at room temperature and 77 K respectively, and over 1 order of magnitude higher surface resistivity up to 4x10(7) Omega cm, in comparison to the wet-etched APDs. Introduction of extra hydrogen and Ar plasma in ICP etching led to detrimental effects to APDs' performance by enhancing the tunneling or recombination at surfaces. Those experimental results were clearly interpreted based on the surface state theories. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
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