摘要:
In a gallium arsenide crystal body, an etching pit density of the gallium arsenide crystal body is more than or equal to 10 cm−2 and less than or equal to 10000 cm−2, and an oxygen concentration of the gallium arsenide crystal body is less than 7.0×1015 atoms·cm−3. In a gallium arsenide crystal substrate, an etching pit density of the gallium arsenide crystal substrate is more than or equal to 10 cm−2 and less than or equal to 10000 cm−2, and an oxygen concentration of the gallium arsenide crystal substrate is less than 7.0×1015 atoms·cm−3.
摘要:
A method for producing a semiconductor element includes a step of forming a multiple quantum well in which a GaSb layer and an InAs layer are alternately stacked on a GaSb substrate by MOVPE, wherein, in the step of forming a multiple quantum well, an InSb film is formed on at least one of a lower-surface side and an upper-surface side of the InAs layer so as to be in contact with the InAs layer.
摘要:
Provided are a photodetector in which, in a III-V semiconductor having sensitivity in the near-infrared region to the far-infrared region, the carrier concentration can be controlled with high accuracy; an epitaxial wafer serving as a material of the photodetector; and a method for producing the epitaxial wafer. Included are a substrate formed of a III-V compound semiconductor; an absorption layer configured to absorb light; a window layer having a larger bandgap energy than the absorption layer; and a p-n junction positioned at least in the absorption layer, wherein the window layer has a surface having a root-mean-square surface roughness of 10 nm or more and 40 nm or less.
摘要:
A semiconductor stack includes a substrate composed of a III-V group compound semiconductor, a buffer layer that is arranged on the substrate and that is composed of a III-V group compound semiconductor, and an active layer that is arranged on the buffer layer and that includes a layer composed of a III-V group compound semiconductor containing Sb as a group V element. A region of the buffer layer including a main surface of the buffer layer adjacent to the substrate includes a high-concentration region having a high total concentration of Si and C compared with another adjacent region.
摘要:
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer laminate in which a plurality of semiconductor layers are laminated, the semiconductor layer laminate including a light receiving layer, the light receiving layer being grown by a metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy method, the light receiving layer having a cutoff wavelength of more than or equal to 3 μm and less than or equal to 8 μm, the semiconductor device having a dark current density of less than or equal to 1×10−1 A/cm2 when a reverse bias voltage of 60 mV is applied at a temperature of −140° C. Thereby, a semiconductor device which can receive light in a mid-infrared range and has a low dark current is provided.
摘要翻译:半导体器件包括其中层叠有多个半导体层的半导体层层叠体,所述半导体层层叠体包括受光层,所述光接收层通过金属 - 有机气相外延法生长,所述光接收层具有 截止波长大于或等于3μm且小于或等于8μm时,当反向偏置电压为60mV时,半导体器件的暗电流密度小于或等于1×10-1A / cm 2 在-140℃的温度下施加。因此,提供了能够接收中红外范围并且具有低暗电流的光的半导体器件。
摘要:
Provided are an epitaxial wafer and a light-emitting element having a type-II MQW formed of III-V compound semiconductors and configured to emit light with a sufficiently high intensity. The method includes a step of growing an active layer having a type-II multi-quantum well structure (MQW) on a III-V compound semiconductor substrate, wherein, in the step of forming the type-II multi-quantum well structure, the type-II multi-quantum well structure is formed by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy using only metal-organic sources such that a number of pairs of the type-II multi-quantum well structure is 25 or more.
摘要:
A semiconductor stacked body includes: a first semiconductor layer containing a group III-V compound semiconductor and being a layer whose conductivity type is a first conductivity type; a quantum-well light-receiving layer containing a group III-V compound semiconductor; a second semiconductor layer containing a group III-V compound semiconductor; and a third semiconductor layer containing a group III-V compound semiconductor and being a layer whose conductivity type is a second conductivity type. The first semiconductor layer, the quantum-well light-receiving layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the third semiconductor layer are stacked in this order. The concentration of an impurity that generates a carrier of the second conductivity type is 1×1014 cm−3 or more and 1×1017 cm−3 or less in the second semiconductor layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor layer containing a III-V group compound semiconductor and having a first conductivity type, a quantum-well structure containing a III-V group compound semiconductor, a second semiconductor layer containing a III-V group compound semiconductor, a third semiconductor layer containing a III-V group compound semiconductor, and a fourth semiconductor layer containing a III-V group compound semiconductor and having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type. The first semiconductor layer, the quantum-well structure, the second semiconductor layer, the third semiconductor layer, and the fourth semiconductor layer are stacked in this order. The concentration of an impurity that generates carriers of the second conductivity type is lower in the third semiconductor layer than in the fourth semiconductor layer. The concentration of an impurity that generates majority carriers in the second semiconductor layer is lower in the third semiconductor layer than in the second semiconductor layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor layered structure includes a substrate formed of a III-V compound semiconductor, a buffer layer disposed on and in contact with the substrate and formed of a III-V compound semiconductor, and a quantum well layer disposed on and in contact with the buffer layer and including a plurality of component layers formed of III-V compound semiconductors. The substrate has a diameter of 55 mm or more. At least one of the component layers is formed of a mixed crystal of three or more elements. When the compound semiconductor forming the substrate has a lattice constant d1, the compound semiconductor forming the buffer layer has a lattice constant d2, and the compound semiconductors forming the quantum well layer have an average lattice constant d3, (d2−d1)/d1 is −3×10−3 or more and 3×10−3 or less, and (d3−d1)/d1 is −3×10−3 or more and 3×10−3 or less.
摘要:
An epitaxial wafer which allows manufacture of a photodiode having suppressed dark current and ensured sensitivity, and a method for manufacturing the epitaxial wafer, are provided. The epitaxial wafer of the present invention includes: a III-V semiconductor substrate; and a multiple quantum well structure disposed on the substrate, and including a plurality of pairs of a first layer and a second layer. The total concentration of elements contained as impurities in the multiple quantum well structure is less than or equal to 5×1015 cm−3.