ZnCdTe衬底上HgCdTe分子束外延的位错密度

报道了用 MBE的方法 ,在 Zn Cd Te衬底上制备 Hg Cd Te薄膜的位错密度研究结果。研究发现Hg Cd Te材料的位错密度与 Zn Cd Te衬底的表面晶体损伤、Hg Cd Te生长条件以及材料组分密切相关。通过衬底制备以及生长条件的优化 ,在 Zn Cd Te衬底上生长的长波 Hg Cd Te材料 EPD平均值达到 4.2× 1 0 5cm- 2 ,标准差为 3 .5× 1 0 5cm- 2 ,接近 Zn Cd Te衬底的位错极限。可重复性良好 ,材料位错合格率为 73 .7%。可以满足高性能Hg Cd Te焦平面探测器对材料位错密度的要求     

Si基CdTe复合衬底分子束外延研究

文章引入晶格过渡的Si/ZnTe /CdTe作为复合外延基底材料,以阻挡Si/HgCdTe之间大晶格失配产生的高密度位错。通过对低温表面清洁化、面极性控制和孪晶抑制等的研究,解决了Si基CdTe分子束外延生长中诸多的技术难题。在国内首次采用分子束外延(MBE)的方法获得了大面积的Si基CdTe复合衬底材料,对应厚度为4～4. 4μm Si/CdTe (211)样品双晶半峰宽的统计平均结果为83弧秒,与相同厚度的GaAs/CdTe (211)双晶平均水平相当。     

Si基短波碲镉汞材料分子束外延生长研究

报道了在中波工艺基础上,Si 基碲镉汞分子束外延短波工艺的最新研究进展,通过温度标定、使用反射式高能电子衍射、高温计的在线测量和现有的中波 Si 基碲镉汞温度控制曲线建立及优化了 Si 基碲镉汞短波材料的生长温度控制曲线;获得的 Si 基短波 HgCdTe 材料表面光亮、均匀,表面缺陷密度小于3000 cm －2;基于此技术成功制备出了 Si 基短／中波双色材料。     

分子束外延HgCdTe表面缺陷研究

采用GaAs作为衬底研究了HgCdTe MBE薄膜的表面缺陷,借助SEM分析了不同缺陷的成核机制,确定了获得良好表面所需的最佳生长条件。发现HgCdTe外延生长条件、衬底表面处理等因素与外延层表面各种缺陷有关,获得的外延层表面缺陷（尺寸大于2μm）平均密度为300cm^-2,筛选合格率为65％。     

分子束外延HgCdTe薄膜As掺杂P型激活研究

报道了利用As4作为掺杂源获得原位As掺杂MBE HgCdTe材料的研究结果．利用高温退火技术激活As使其占据Te位形成受主．对原位As掺杂MBE HgCdTe材料进行SIMS及Hall测试,证实利用原位As掺杂及高温退火可获得P型MBE HgCdTe材料．     

分子束外延HgCdTe材料生长参数的实时监测研究

报道了用椭圆偏振技术和红外辐射测温技术对ＨｇＣｄＴｅ生长关键参数实时监测的结果，建立了ＨｇＣｄＴｅ材料在生长温度下的标准光学常数数据库，在研究中对生长过程中材料的发射率以及红外辐射强度进行了理论分析，为生长温度的实时精确控制提供了理论依据，并在实验上获得了小于±１℃的生长温度控制精度．     

Improving material characteristics and reproducibility of MBE HgCdTe

This paper describes our progress to improve the material quality, reproducibility, and flexibility of molecular beam epitaxial (MBE) growth of HgCdTe. Data, statistics, and yields according to defined screen criteria are presented for n-type layer carrier concentration and mobility, void defect density, and dislocation density for more than 100 layers. Minority carrier lifetime data are also presented. Continued improvements in impurity reductiont have allowed us to achieve, for the first time, reproducible, low n-type carrier concentration in the mid-10¹⁴ cnr⁻³ range with high electron mobility. Data are presented that show that low dislocation density films are obtained for growth on CdZnTe substrates with a wide range of Zn concentration. Results are presented from a nine-growth run first pass success demonstration run to further assess material quality reproducibility and flexibility of wavelength band tuning. These results demonstrate the promising potential of MBE growth for flexible manufacturing of HgCdTe for infrared focal plane arrays.     

Measurement of minority carrier lifetime in n-type MBE HgCdTe and its dependence on annealing

Results are presented for minority carrier lifetime in n-type molecular beam epitaxy Hg_1−xCd_xTe with x ranging from 0.2 to 0.6. It was found that the lifetime was unintentionally degraded by post-growth annealing under Hg saturated conditions in a H₂ atmosphere that was both time and temperature dependent. This effect was minimal or non-existent for x∼0.2 material, but very strong for x ≥ 0.3. Hydrogen was identified as responsible for this degradation. Identical annealing in a He atmosphere avoids this degradation and results in neartheoretical lifetime values for carrier concentrations as low 1 × 10¹⁵ cm⁻³ in ≥0.3 material. Modeling was carried out for x∼0.2 and x∼0.4 material that shows the extent to which lifetime is reduced by Shockley-Real-Hall recombination for carrier concentrations below 1 × 10¹⁵ cm⁻³, as well as for layers annealed in H₂. It appears that annealing in H₂ results in a deep recombination center in wider bandgap HgCdTe that lowers the lifetime without affecting the majority carrier concentration and mobility.     

High-quality large-area MBE HgCdTe/Si

HgCdTe offers significant advantages over other similar semiconductors, which has made it the most widely utilized variable-gap material in infrared (IR) focal plane array (FPA) technology. HgCdTe hybrid FPAs consisting of two-dimensional detector arrays that are hybridized to Si readout circuits (ROIC) are the dominant technology for second-generation infrared systems. However, one of the main limitations of the HgCdTe materials system has been the size of lattice-matched bulk CdZnTe substrates, used for epitaxially grown HgCdTe, which have been limited to 30 cm² in production. This size limitation does not adequately support the increasing demand for larger FPA formats which now require sizes up to 2048×2048, and only a single die can be printed per wafer. Heteroepitaxial Si-based substrates offer a cost-effective technology that can be scaled to large wafer sizes and further offer a thermal-expansion-matched hybrid structure that is suitable for large format FPAs. This paper presents data on molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE)-grown HgCdTe/Si wafers with much improved materials characteristics than previously reported. We will present data on 4- and 6-in diameter HgCdTe both with extremely uniform composition and extremely low defects. Large-diameter HgCdTe/Si with nearly perfect compositional uniformity and ultra low defect density is essential for meeting the demanding specifications of large format FPAs.     

Analysis of iodine incorporation in mbe grown CdTe and HgCdTe

A study is reported of the dynamics of dopant incorporation in iodine doped CdTe. Using a mathematical formulation, the iodine doping profiles in CdTe and HgCdTe have been fitted to experiment to obtain material parameters such as the bulk and surface diffusion and the segregation energy. Dopant profile fitting showed that iodine diffusion was insignificant and gave an iodine segregation energy of 0.6 eV and a surface diffusivity enhancement factor of 300 at a growth temperature of 230°C. The model was used to determine the effect of the growth rate and temperature for particular growth conditions.     

Arsenic incorporation during MBE growth of HgCdTe

We discuss the equilibrium model of the amphoteric behavior of arsenic in HgCdTe and its applicability to material grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Suggestions are made on how to achieve active incorporation by manipulating the surface orientation, or by using precursors that provide steric hindrance.     

Initial evaluation of a valved Te source for MBE growth of HgCdTe

Initial results using a valved Te source for molecular beam epitaxial growth of Hg_1−xCd_xTe are described. Unlike the case for a conventional Knudsen effusion cell where the flux is controlled primarily by temperature, flux from the valved source is controlled primarily by a variable orifice capable of good closure so that the cell temperature can be fixed at the operating temperature. Operating characteristics of the source are described, and include being able to nearly instantaneously change the flux magnitude at will. Using the source for HgCdTe growth has resulted in promising composition reproducibility improvement in initial growth runs.     

HgCdTe/CdTe/Si infrared photodetectors grown by MBE for near-room temperature operation

Conventional HgCdTe infrared detectors need significant cooling in order to reduce noise and leakage currents resulting from thermal generation and recombination processes. Although the need for cooling has long been thought to be fundamental and inevitable, it has been recently suggested that Auger recombination and generation rates can be reduced by using the phenomena of exclusion and extraction to produce nonequilibrium carrier distributions. The devices with Auger suppressed operation requires precise control over the composition, and donor and acceptor doping. The successful development of the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth technique for multi-layer HgCdTe makes it possible to grow these device structures. Theoretical calculations suggest that the p n+ layer sequence is preferable for near-room temperature operation due to longer minority carrier lifetime in lightly doped p-HgCdTe absorber layers. However, because the low doping required for absorption and nonequilibrium operation is easier to achieve in n-type materials, and because Shockley-Read centers should be minimized in order to obtain the benefits of Auger suppression, we have focused on p⁺ n structures. Planar photodiodes were formed on CdTe/Si (211) composite substrates by As implantation followed by a three step annealing sequence. Three inch diameter Si substrates were employed since they are of high quality, low cost, and available in large areas. Due to this development, large area focal plane arrays (FPAs) operated at room temperature are possible in the near future. The structures were characterized by FTIR, x-ray diffraction, temperature dependent Hall measurements, minority carrier lifetimes by photoconductive decay, and in-situ ellipsometry. To study the relative influence of bulk and surface effects, devices with active areas from 1.6 10⁻⁵ cm² to 10⁻³ cm² were fabricated. The smaller area devices show better performance in terms of reverse bias characteristics indicating that the bulk quality could be further improved. At 80 K, the zero bias leakage current for a 40 m 40 m diode with 3.2 m cutoff wavelength is 1 pA, the R₀A product is 1.1 10⁴-cm² and the breakdown voltage is in excess of 500 mV. The device shows a responsivity of 1.3 10⁷ V/W and a 80 K detectivity of 1.9 10¹¹ cm-Hz^1/2/W. At 200 K, the zero bias leakage current is 5 nA and the R₀A product 2.03-cm², while the breakdown voltage decreases to 40 mV.     

分子束外延锗基碲镉汞薄膜原位砷掺杂研究

报道了基于Ge衬底分子束外延碲镉汞原位As掺杂材料的研究结果,进行了As掺杂碲镉汞薄膜生长的温度控制研究;分析了As束流对材料晶体质量的影响,结合SIMS测试技术得到了As杂质掺杂浓度与束源炉加热温度的关系;并利用傅里叶红外光谱仪、X射线双晶衍射、EPD检测等手段对晶体质量进行了分析表征,结果显示利用 MBE 方法可以生长出晶体质量良好、缺陷密度低的碲镉汞薄膜;进一步研究了As杂质的激活退火工艺及不同退火条件对材料电学参数的影响。     

VSWIR to VLWIR MBE grown HgCdTe material and detectors for remote sensing applications

The molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth technology is inherently flexible in its ability to change the Hg_1−xCd_xTe material’s bandgap within a growth run and from growth run to growth run. This bandgap engineering flexibility permits tailoring the device architecture to the various specific requirements. Material with active layer x values ranging from ∼0.198 to 0.570 have been grown and processed into detectors. This wide range in x values is perfectly suited for remote sensing applications, specifically the National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program that requires imaging in a multitude of infrared spectral bands, ranging from the 1.58 to 1.64 μm VSWIR (very short wave infrared) band to the 11.5 to 12.5 μm LWIR (longwave infrared) band and beyond. These diverse spectral bands require high performance detectors, operating at two temperatures; detectors for the VSWIR band operate near room temperature while the SWIR, MWIR (mid wave infra red), LWIR and VLWIR (very long wave infrared) detectors operate near 100K, because of constraints imposed by the cooler for the NPOESS program. This paper uses material parameters to calculate theoretical detector performance for a range of x values. This theoretical detector performance is compared with median measured detector optical and electrical data. Measured detector optical and electrical data, combined with noise model estimates of ROIC performance are used to calculate signal to noise ratio (SNR), for each spectral band. The SNR are compared with respect to the meteorological NPOESS system derived focal plane. The derived system focal plane requirements for NPOESS are met in all the spectral bands.     

Status of MBE technology for the flexible manufacturing of HgCdTe focal plane arrays

A robust process has been developed for the reproducible growth of in-situ doped Hg_1−xCd_xTe:As alloys by molecular beam epitaxy. Net hole concentrations in excess of 5 x 10¹⁷ cm⁻³, with peak mobilities >200 cm2/Vs were measured in Hg_0.74Cd_0.26Te:As films. The p-type layers were twin-free and consistently exhibit narrow x-ray rocking curves (<40 arc sec). The reproducible growth of small lots of p-on-n LWIR detector structures has been established. For a typical lot consisting of 13 layers, the average x-value of the n-type base layer was 0.226 with a standard deviation of 0.003. The lateral compositional uniformity across a 2.5 cm × 2.5 cm wafer was × = +- 0.0006. High performance p-on-n LWIR diodes were fabricated that exhibited R_oA_o values (0-fov at 78K) as large as 350 Q cm2 at 10.4 μm.