This work reports on the application of laser beam induced current (LBIC) to the determination of the product of zero-bias dynamic resistance and area, R/sub 0/A, of homojunction photodiodes. The technique involves using LBIC to measure temperature dependent values of the photocarrier spreading length of a particular device, and then fitting the theoretical temperature dependence. The photocarrier spreading length is a measure of the rate of decay of photoinduced forward bias of the p-n junction with distance from the location of electron-hole pair generation and is partly responsible for the shape of the LBIC profile. The LBIC magnitude is not required to be measured in any quantitative sense, although there is a requirement that the photocarrier spreading length be shorter than the device length in order for it to be measurable. The technique provides a non-contact method of determining the performance of individual devices within large two-dimensional focal plane arrays of photodiodes. Experimental results from Hg/sub 0.77/Cd/sub 0.23/Te infrared photodiodes are presented to demonstrate the procedure.


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    Title :

    Non-contact evaluation of photodiode performance by laser beam induced current imaging


    Contributors:
    Redfern, D.A. (author) / Musca, C.A. (author) / Dell, J.M. (author) / Faraone, L. (author)


    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Size :

    255401 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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