Hydrogenation Defect Passivation for Improved Minority Carrier Lifetime in Midwavelength Ga-Free InAs/InAsSb Superlattices
Two hydrogenation techniques were used to passivate defects in InAs/InAsSb superlattices: UV-photon assisted hydrogenation with and without DC bias enhancement. The effects of the hydrogenation on the minority carrier lifetime were studied using photoluminescence and optical modulation response. An increase of the minority carrier lifetime from 1.8 μs to 3.3 μs with hydrogenation using both methods was observed; however, the processing time shortened from 24 h to 90 min when using the DC bias enhancement. The largest increase in carrier lifetime corresponded to a deuterium density of 9 × 1014 atoms/cm2, as measured by nuclear reaction analysis.