Room-temperature near-infrared photodetectors based on single heterojunction nanowires.

Ma, Liang; Hu, Wei; Zhang, Qinglin; Ren, Pinyun; Zhuang, Xiujuan; Zhou, Hong; Xu, Jinyou; Li, Honglai et al. · Nano Lett · 2014

basic_science · Level V

Where this comes from

Abstract

Nanoscale near-infrared photodetectors are attractive for their potential applications in integrated optoelectronic devices. Here we report the synthesis of GaSb/GaInSb p-n heterojunction semiconductor nanowires for the first time through a controllable chemical vapor deposition (CVD) route. Based on these nanowires, room-temperature, high-performance, near-infrared photodetectors were constructed. The fabricated devices show excellent light response in the infrared optical communication region (1.55 μm), with an external quantum efficiency of 10(4), a responsivity of 10(3) A/W, and a short response time of 2 ms, which shows promising potential applications in integrated photonics and optoelectronics devices or systems.