CN107248536B - Light shutter device based on quantum well structure - Google Patents

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CN107248536B
CN107248536B CN201710312256.XA CN201710312256A CN107248536B CN 107248536 B CN107248536 B CN 107248536B CN 201710312256 A CN201710312256 A CN 201710312256A CN 107248536 B CN107248536 B CN 107248536B
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The invention discloses a kind of light shutter device based on quantum well structure, including substrate, grown buffer layer on substrate, grown quantum trap active layer on buffer layer;Mqw active layer successively includes the first barrier layer, the first separation layer, the first channel layer, the second channel layer, the second separation layer and the second barrier layer from top to bottom.There are two conducting channels for Quantum well active district tool of the invention, therefore the Coulomb attraction being not present between photo-generate electron-hole in conducting channel and caused by the not high problem of carrier mobility, greatly improve light induced electron mobility in the first channel layer, hole is not involved in the conduction of the first channel simultaneously, so as to avoid the low problem of hole mobility, and then eliminate the influence of the Coulomb attraction between photo-generate electron-hole, light induced electron mobility in the first channel layer is greatly improved, while also eliminating the low defect of hole mobility.The transmission that the present invention only has the electronics of high mobility to participate in the first channel signal, so as to promote the speed and frequency characteristic of photoswitch.

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Light shutter device based on quantum well structure
Technical field
The invention belongs to technical field of semiconductors more particularly to a kind of light shutter devices based on quantum well structure.
Background technique
Photoconductivity switching is the opto-electronic device based on semiconductor material, uses up half conducting material of irradiation, produces inside it Raw photo-generated carrier, resistivity decline and make break-over of device;When no light, device cut-off.Photoconductivity switching can be used for electric signal High-speed sampling, switch and millimeter wave and the generation and detection of THz wave etc..
Common semiconductor light conductance material includes GaAs, cadmium selenide, indium phosphorus, amorphous silicon of low-temperature epitaxy etc.. The conventional photoconductivity switching based on semiconductor material, in order to reduce the switch time of photoswitch, commonly use low-temperature epitaxy, doping, The technologies such as particle beam bombardment generate defect inside semiconductor, to reduce the service life of carrier.Although these methods can subtract The switch time of small photoswitch, but the mobility of photo-generated carrier is also reduced simultaneously, to limit the speed and frequency of device Bandwidth.
With the development of optic communication and semiconductor material, optical communicating waveband semiconductor mode-locked laser and fiber coupling are used Photoconductivity switching device be developed, but on-off ratio, speed and frequency bandwidth are still undesirable, need from semiconductor material and It is further improved in terms of device architecture.
Summary of the invention
Goal of the invention: in view of the above problems, the present invention proposes a kind of light shutter device based on quantum well structure.
Technical solution: to achieve the purpose of the present invention, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is that: one kind being based on Quantum Well knot The light shutter device of structure, including substrate, grown buffer layer on substrate, grown quantum trap active layer on buffer layer;Wherein, Quantum Well Active layer successively includes the first barrier layer, the first separation layer, the first channel layer, the second channel layer, the second separation layer from top to bottom With the second barrier layer.
Second channel layer is hole trap or electron trap;Light absorption folder can be distributed between first channel layer and the second channel layer Layer.
Mqw active layer upper surface is equipped with coplanar waveguide electrode, including first electrode, second electrode, third electrode, the Four electrodes, the 5th electrode and the 6th electrode;Third electrode and the 4th electrode are Ohmic contact, are connected to the second channel layer, and with First barrier layer, the first separation layer, the first channel layer pass through insulator separation;First electrode and second electrode can be interdigitation electricity Pole structure.
Optical signal is incident from device upper surface or device lower surface is incident or incident from upper and lower surfaces simultaneously;Optical signal is Single-wavelength light signal is a modulated optical signal;Either contain multiple optical wavelength optical signal, the amplitude of each optical wavelength and Phase can be modulated;Either for the light pulse of control and the beat signal for the optical signal modulated.
The utility model has the advantages that compared with prior art, there are two conducting channels for Quantum well active district tool of the invention, therefore are leading In electric channel there is no the Coulomb attraction between photo-generate electron-hole and caused by the not high problem of carrier mobility, make the Light induced electron mobility greatly improves in one channel layer, while hole is not involved in the conduction of the first channel, so as to avoid hole The low problem of mobility, and then the influence of the Coulomb attraction between photo-generate electron-hole is eliminated, make photoproduction in the first channel layer Electron mobility greatly improves, while also eliminating the low defect of hole mobility.The present invention only has the electronics of high mobility to join With the transmission of the first channel signal, so as to promote the speed and frequency characteristic of photoswitch.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the top view of the embodiment of the present invention 1;
Fig. 2 is cross-sectional view of the embodiment of the present invention 1 along the direction A;
Fig. 3 is cross-sectional view of the embodiment of the present invention 1 along the direction B;
Fig. 4 is light photomixing signal schematic representation;
Fig. 5 is the top view of the embodiment of the present invention 2;
Fig. 6 is the top view of the embodiment of the present invention 3;
Fig. 7 is cross-sectional view of the embodiment of the present invention 3 along the direction A;
Fig. 8 is cross-sectional view of the embodiment of the present invention 3 along the direction B;
Fig. 9 is the schematic diagram of the embodiment of the present invention 4.
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Further description of the technical solution of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Embodiment 1
It is the light shutter device of the present invention based on quantum well structure, including substrate 1 as shown in Figs. 1-3, on substrate 1 Grown buffer layer 2, grown quantum trap active layer on buffer layer 2.Wherein, mqw active layer successively includes: first from top to bottom Barrier layer 8, the first separation layer 7, the first channel layer 6, the second channel layer 5, the second separation layer 4, the second barrier layer 3.Second channel The forbidden bandwidth of layer 5 is greater than the forbidden bandwidth of the first channel layer 6.First barrier layer 8 and the second barrier layer 3 are δ doping, wherein Barrier layer 8 is N-shaped heavy doping, and barrier layer 3 is p-type heavy doping.
Electrode structure as shown in Figure 1 is arranged in the upper surface of mqw active layer, contains coplanar waveguide electrode, including the 5th Electrode 17, first electrode 9, second electrode 10 and the 6th electrode 18.Third electrode 11 and the 4th electrode 12 are Ohmic contact, and are led to Cross N-shaped heavy doping to be connected to the second channel layer 5,13 and 14 in N-shaped heavily doped region such as Fig. 3, and with the first barrier layer 8, One separation layer 7, the first channel layer 6 are isolated by insulating layer 15,16, and insulating layer can be oxide, dielectric or groove.
First barrier layer 8, the first separation layer 7, the first channel layer 6 are N-shaped, and the second channel layer 5 is p-type.Believe in no light Number when, due to the effect of the second barrier layer 3 ionization acceptor, the electronics of the first channel layer 6 is completely depleted, and makes the first channel layer 6 It is held off, the second channel layer 5 is connected at this time.Optical signals device upper surfaces is incident or device lower surface is incident or simultaneously From upper and lower surfaces incidence, the first channel 6 is made to generate electron-hole pair, the energy of optical signal is greater than the taboo of the first channel layer materials Bandwidth and less than the forbidden bandwidth of the second channel layer materials.Electron-hole pair is rapidly separated under the action of vertical electric field, light Raw electronics is in the first channel layer, Continuity signal;Hole moves to the second channel layer under electric field action, and the second channel can be Hole trap makes photohole flow out device by the second channel layer.
Optical signal can be single-wavelength light signal, and single-wavelength light signal is a modulated optical signal;It is also possible to containing more The optical signal of a optical wavelength, wherein the amplitude and phase of each optical wavelength can be modulated;It is also possible to the light for control The beat signal of pulse and the optical signal modulated, such as light pulse Sampled optical signals.
As shown in figure 4, several optical signals of optical signals are formed by an optics, such as the light arteries and veins for control Punching and the optical signal modulated, but not limited to this.
Device can be with electrode 9 of the applied electronic signal on the inside of mqw active layer and electrode 10, under illumination, signal when working It is transmitted by light induced electron through the first channel layer 6, photohole is limited in second layer channel layer, is extracted by electrode 11,12, not shadow Ring electric signal transmitting.
Substrate 1 selects III-V race's semiconductor material, buffer layer 2, the first barrier layer 8, the first separation layer 7, the first channel layer 6, the second channel layer 5, the second separation layer 4, the second barrier layer 3 material select III-V race close with substrate lattice constant half Conductor material.
Substrate 1 can be selected but be not limited to InP etc..Buffer layer 2 can be selected but be not limited to InxAl (1-x) As etc., 0 < x < 1.The One barrier layer 8 can be selected but be not limited to InxAl (1-x) As etc., 0 < x < 1.First separation layer 7 can be selected but be not limited to InxAl (1- X) As etc., 0 < x < 1.First channel layer 6 can be selected but be not limited to InxGa (1-x) As etc., 0 < x < 1.Second channel layer 5 can be selected But be not limited to GaSbyAs (1-y) etc., 0 < y < 1.Second separation layer 4 can be selected but be not limited to GaSbyAs (1-y) etc., 0 < y < 1.The Two barrier layers 3 can be selected but be not limited to InxAl (1-x) As etc., 0 < x < 1.
In some example schemes, insert layer is also distributed between the first channel layer 6 and the second channel layer 5.Insert layer Material can select but be not limited to InxGa (1-x) SbyAs (1-y) etc., 0 < x < 1,0 < y < 1.
Embodiment 2
As shown in figure 5, being interdigital electrode configuration, other structures and 1 phase of embodiment between coplanar waveguide electrode 9 and 10 Together.
Embodiment 3
As shown in figs 6-8, coplanar waveguide electrode 9 is Schottky electrode structure, and passes through insulating layer 19,20 and grounding electrode 17,18 isolation.
First channel layer 6 be it is enhanced, when voltage is not added in first electrode 9, the first channel layer is by pinch off.Second channel layer 5 For depletion type, conducting channel is connected when voltage is not added in first electrode 9.First channel layer and the second channel layer are all n-type semiconductor Material.When work, 9 making alive of first electrode, institute's making alive protects the first channel layer 6 less than the threshold voltage of the first channel layer 6 Off state is held, the second channel layer 5 has been connected at this time.Optical signals device upper surface incidence makes the first channel layer generate electronics- Hole pair, the energy of optical signal are greater than the forbidden bandwidth of the first channel layer materials and wide less than the forbidden band of the second channel layer materials Degree.Electron-hole pair is rapidly separated under the vertical electric field effect that first electrode 9 is formed, and electronics is in the first channel layer 6 and leads It is logical, electric signal is realized from first electrode 9 to the transmitting of second electrode 10.It is floated under electric field action to the second channel layer 5 in hole It moves and answers merga pass with the electronics in the second channel layer 5 and light is discharged by the external circuit that third electrode 11, the 4th electrode 12 form Raw hole accumulates it in the second channel layer, so that making photohole not influences the transmission of the first channel signal.
It may be interdigital electrode configuration between coplanar waveguide electrode 9 and 10 in the embodiment.
Embodiment 4
As shown in figure 9, light absorption interlayer 21, the first channel layer are distributed between the first channel layer 6 and the second channel layer 5 6 and second the forbidden bandwidth of channel layer 5 be all larger than the forbidden bandwidth of light absorbing layer 21, the energy of optical signal is greater than light absorbing layer 21 Forbidden bandwidth and less than the forbidden bandwidth of the first channel layer 6 and the second channel layer 5, light absorbing layer 21 can be multi layer quantum well The light absorbing layer of structure can also be adulterated with current uniline carrier detector structure having the same, such as light absorbing layer Gradual change etc..Device other structures can be same as Example 1, also can be with same as Example 2.

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1. a kind of light shutter device based on quantum well structure, it is characterised in that: including substrate (1), grown buffer layer on substrate (2), grown quantum trap active layer on buffer layer;Wherein, mqw active layer from top to bottom successively include the first barrier layer (8), First separation layer (7), the first channel layer (6), the second channel layer (5), the second separation layer (4) and the second barrier layer (3).
2. the light shutter device according to claim 1 based on quantum well structure, it is characterised in that: the second channel layer is sky Cave trap or electron trap.
3. the light shutter device according to claim 1 based on quantum well structure, it is characterised in that: on mqw active layer Surface is equipped with coplanar waveguide electrode, including first electrode (9), second electrode (10), third electrode (11), the 4th electrode (12), 5th electrode (17) and the 6th electrode (18);
Third electrode (11) and the 4th electrode (12) and mqw active layer upper surface are Ohmic contact, are connected with the second channel layer It is logical, and pass through insulator separation with the first barrier layer, the first separation layer, the first channel layer.
4. the light shutter device according to claim 1 based on quantum well structure, it is characterised in that: optical signal is from device Surface is incident or device lower surface is incident or incident from upper and lower surfaces simultaneously.
5. the light shutter device according to claim 1 based on quantum well structure, it is characterised in that: the first channel layer (6) And second be distributed with light absorption interlayer (21) between channel layer (5).
6. the light shutter device according to claim 3 based on quantum well structure, it is characterised in that: first electrode (9) and Second electrode (10) is interdigital electrode configuration.
7. the light shutter device according to claim 4 based on quantum well structure, it is characterised in that: optical signal is Single wavelength Optical signal is a modulated optical signal;Either contain the optical signal of multiple optical wavelength, the amplitude and phase of each optical wavelength It can be modulated;Either for the light pulse of control and the beat signal for the optical signal modulated.
8. the light shutter device according to claim 1 based on quantum well structure, it is characterised in that: the upper surface of device and Lower surface is equipped with the anti-reflection film for increasing optical signal transmitance.
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