Pub Date : 2024-08-22DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2024.3448399
Kai Guo;Yixuan Zhu;Yu Chen;Kun Li;Shenqiang Zhai;Shuman Liu;Ning Zhuo;Jinchuan Zhang;Lijun Wang;Fengqi Liu;Xiaohua Wang;Zhipeng Wei;Junqi Liu
We present a very long wave infrared (VLWIR) quantum cascade detector (QCD) optimized for the extraction region grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The wave function of high-energy states has been tailored into a funnel-shaped miniband structure. This design accelerates the extraction and collection of electrons, thereby enhancing the device’s extraction efficiency, with a theoretical calculation value of 91%. Besides, this miniband extraction scheme also increases the number of well barrier pairs between the ground state and the longitudinal optical (LO) phonon step level. The electron loss caused by thermal backfilling and thermally activated leakage can be effectively reduced. For a $200~mu $