Makarovsky, O. and Feu, W. H. M. and Patane, A. and Eaves, L. and Zhuang, Q. D. and Krier, Anthony and Beanland, R. and Airey, R. (2010) Hot electron transport and impact ionization in the narrow energy gap InAs1-xNx alloy. Applied Physics Letters, 96 (5). 052115. ISSN 1077-3118
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We report an experimental study of hot electron dynamics in the narrow band gap dilute nitride alloy, InAs1-xNx, with x up to 0.6%. The sharp increase in the conductivity of n-type InAs1-xNx at applied electric fields above 1 kV/cm demonstrates that impact ionization dominates the hot electron dynamics. This observation, combined with the reduction in the band gap energy by the N-atoms, suggest prospects for the use of this narrow gap alloy in infrared avalanche photodiodes