Si-Based GeSn Photodetectors toward Mid-Infrared Imaging Applications

The GeSn detector offers high-performance Si-based infrared photodetectors with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technique compatibility. In this work, we report a comprehensive study of Si-based GeSn mid-infrared photodetectors, which includes the demonstration of a set of photoconductors with Sn compositions ranging from 10.5% to 22.3%, showing the cutoff wavelength has been extended to 3.65 μm. The maximum D* of 1.1 × 1010...