RESUMO
Improving the operation temperature of the focal plane array (FPA) imagers is critical in meeting the demands to reduce the size, weight, and power (SWaP) for mid-infrared detection systems. In this work, we report the demonstration of a 15 µm-pitch 640×512 middle-format pBn FPA device with a 50% cutoff wavelength of 4.8 µm based on short period of InAs/InAsSb-based "Ga-free" type-II strained-layer superlattices, which achieves a high operating temperature (HOT) reaching 185 K. The pBn FPA exhibits a mean noise equivalent differential temperature (NETD) of 39.5 mK and an operability of 99.6% by using f/2.0 optics for a 300 K background at 150 K. The mean quantum efficiency is 57.6% without antireflection coating and dark current density is 5.39×10-5 A/cm2 at an operation bias of -400 mV, by which the mean specific detectivity(D*) is calculated as high as 4.43×1011 cm.Hz½/W.
