基于反射光谱的InGaAs/InGaSb T2SL材料薄膜干涉特性研究

Investigation of the thin-film interference properties of InGaAs/InGaSb type-Ⅱ superlattice materials based on reflection spectroscopy

  • 摘要: 作为红外探测器的关键材料体系,Ⅱ类超晶格(type-Ⅱ strained-layer superlattice, T2SL)通过在物理上实现电子与空穴的空间分离,有效抑制了非辐射复合过程。然而,这也导致其电子-空穴波函数交叠较低,使得材料通常表现出较弱的吸收系数。在此背景下,T2SL多层结构中的薄膜干涉效应尤为显著,而针对此类多层膜系的解析研究仍相对有限。本文采用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪的反射谱测量方法,对以T2SL为核心的多层膜结构进行了系统研究。实验结果表明,同质外延生长的缓冲层与衬底之间难以形成光学清晰的界面,因而不会与T2SL吸收层发生明显的干涉耦合。这一发现不仅为T2SL器件光学仿真中缓冲层的合理简化提供了依据,也为分析薄膜干涉对材料及器件性能的影响奠定了实验基础。此外,本研究基于薄膜干涉现象,实现了对InAs基In0.8Ga0.2As/In0.2Ga0.8Sb T2SL材料在5000~1000 cm−1波段折射率的初步提取,所得平均折射率约为3.7。

     

    Abstract: As a critical material system for infrared detectors, T2SL effectively mitigates non-radiative recombination by spatially separating electrons and holes. However, this separation also reduces the overlap between electron and hole wave functions, typically resulting in a diminished absorption coefficient. In this context, thin-film interference effects become highly significant in T2SL multilayer structures, yet analytical studies on such optical systems remain relatively scarce. In this study, we conduct a systematic investigation of T2SL-based multilayer stacks using reflectance measurements obtained with a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer. The experimental findings reveal that the homoepitaxial buffer layer and the substrate do not form an optically abrupt interface, indicating that the buffer layer does not exhibit substantial interference coupling with the T2SL absorber layer. This observation not only supports the reasonable simplification of the buffer layer in optical simulations of T2SL devices but also provides an experimental foundation for analyzing the influence of thin-film interference on material and device performance. Furthermore, by leveraging the thin-film interference phenomenon, we have successfully extracted the average refractive index of In0.8Ga0.2As/In0.2Ga0.8Sb T2SL grown on an InAs substrate within the 5000-1000 cm−1 range, yielding an approximate value of 3.7.

     

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