ON-P-GaAs SUBSTRATE ZnSe TYPE PIN PHOTODIODE AND ON-P-GaAs SUBSTRATE ZnSe TYPE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE

摘要

A blue-ultraviolet on-p-GaAs substrate pin Zn 1-x Mg x S y Se 1-y photodiode with high quantum efficiency, small dark current, high reliability and a long lifetime. The ZnMgSSe photodiode has a metallic p-electrode, a p-GaAs single crystal substrate, a p-(ZnSe/ZnTe) m superlattice (m: integer number of sets of thin films), an optionally formed p-ZnSe buffer layer, a p-Zn 1-x Mg x S y Se 1-y layer, an i-Zn 1-x Mg x S y Se 1-y layer, an n-Zn 1-x Mg x S y Se 1-y layer, an n-electrode and an optionally provided antireflection film. Incidence light arrives at the i-layer without passing ZnTe layers. Since the incidence light is not absorbed by ZnTe layers, high quantum efficiency and high sensitivity are obtained. A blue-ultraviolet on-p-GaAs substrate avalanche Zn 1-x Mg x S y Se 1-y photodiode with high sensitivity, high quantum efficiency, a wide sensitivity range, high reliability and a long lifetime. The ZnMgSSe avalanche photodiode has a metallic p-electrode, a p-GaAs single crystal substrate, a p-(ZnSe/ZnTe) m superlattice (m: integer number of sets of thin films), an optionally formed p-ZnSe buffer layer, a p-Zn 1-x Mg x S y Se 1-y layer, a lower doped n - -Zn 1- x Mg x S y Se 1-y layer, a higher doped n + -Zn 1-x Mg x S y Se 1-y layer, an n-electrode and an optionally provided antireflection film. Since the incidence light is not absorbed by ZnTe layers, a high avalanche gain, high quantum efficiency and high sensitivity are obtained.