摘要:
A light receiving element includes an InP substrate that is transparent to light having a wavelength of 3 to 12 µm, a buffer layer located in contact with the InP substrate, and a light-receiving layer having a multiple quantum well structure, the light-receiving layer having a cutoff wavelength of 3 µm or more and being lattice-matched with the buffer layer. In the light receiving element, the buffer layer is epitaxially grown on the InP substrate while the buffer layer and the InP substrate exceed a range of a normal lattice-matching condition, and the buffer layer is constituted by a GaSb layer.
摘要:
Provided are a light-receiving element which has sensitivity in the near-infrared region and in which a good crystal quality is easily obtained, a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array of the light-receiving elements is easily formed with a high accuracy, and a dark current can be reduced; a light-receiving element array; and methods for producing the same. A light-receiving element includes a group III-V compound semiconductor stacked structure including an absorption layer 3having a pn-junction 15 therein, wherein the absorption layer has a multiquantum well structure composed of group III-V compound semiconductors, the pn-junction 15 is formed by selectively diffusing an impurity element into the absorption layer, and the concentration of the impurity element in the absorption layer is 5 ×10 16 cm -3 or less.