A new approach for modeling of dark current characteristics of quantum wire infrared photodetectors

Abstract

In order to study the dark current characteristics in a quantum wire infrared photodetector (QRIP), the average number of electrons in quantum wires (QRs) must be got, which is mostly too complicated. In this paper we give a simple formula to calculate the average number of carriers in a quantum wire (QR) that can be easily evaluated by mathematical softwares, and then we use this formula to study dark current characteristics of a quantum wire infrared photodetector (QRIP).

Keywords

Dark Current / Capture Probability / Quantum Wire / Nasr / Lower Dark Current

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