Pl and structural characterization of InAsSb/InAs MQWs grown on GaSb for infrared detector applications*

InAs$_{0.91}$Sb$_{0.09}$, epitaxially grown on GaSb, has received steady attention in the past few years for optical detectors in the 3-5micron range. Attempts to increase the detection wavelength by increasing the Sb mole fraction have been hindered by the lack of lattice-matched substrates. In this work we report the growth of strain balanced InAs/InAsSb superlattice structures strain-balanced to GaSb for potential application in photodetectors beyond 5 microns. The strain balanced method permits the incorporation of larger Sb mole fractions in the Sb layers, considerably extending the absorption cutoff. We find the PL-energy of the InAsSb/InAs MQW stack to depend linearly on the Sb mole fraction for samples with Sb compositions ranging from 14{\%} to 21{\%}. At the latter composition a PL energy of 175 meV (7 $\mu $m) is measured which is more than 100 meV lower than the calculated strained bandgap. Most likely this can be explained by a type II band-alignment. Also first detector results for a pin InAsSb device, lattice matched to GaSb, will be presented.