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Investigation of the Photosensitivity of Narrow-Gap and Gapless HgCdTe Solid Solutions in the Terahertz and Sub-Terahertz Range

  • XXIV INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM “NANOPHYSICS AND NANOELECTRONICS”, NIZHNY NOVGOROD, MARCH 10–13, 2020
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Abstract

The photoresponse is investigated in the frequency range of 0.15–15 THz in HgCdTe epitaxial layers with a cadmium concentration from 15.2 to 19.2% grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. It is shown that narrow-gap and gapless HgCdTe solid solutions can be used as detectors of both terahertz and sub-terahertz radiation with a characteristic response time of 2–4 ns and with a sensitivity approaching n-InSb-based detectors widely used in this range.

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Funding

The sensitivity measurements of structures based on HgCdTe in the sub-THz range, as well as measurements of the CR spectra for analyzing gyrotron radiation, were supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 18-79-10112. Investigations of the spectra and the kinetics of the photoresponse in the spectral range of 5–15 THz were supported by a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the state support of young Russian scientists—candidates of sciences (MK-1430.2020.2).

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  1. Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    V. V. Rumyantsev, K. V. Maremyanin, A. A. Razova, S. M. Sergeev, V. I. Gavrilenko & S. V. Morozov

  2. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    V. V. Rumyantsev, K. V. Maremyanin, A. A. Razova, V. I. Gavrilenko & S. V. Morozov

  3. Institute for Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    N. N. Mikhailov & S. A. Dvoretskii

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Rumyantsev, V.V., Maremyanin, K.V., Razova, A.A. et al. Investigation of the Photosensitivity of Narrow-Gap and Gapless HgCdTe Solid Solutions in the Terahertz and Sub-Terahertz Range. Semiconductors 54, 1096–1102 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782620090249

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