Using the HgxMg(1-x) Te ternary compound as a room temperature photodetector: The electronic structure, charge transport, and response function of the energetic electromagnetic radiation

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/5/053101

Abstract In the present work, firstly, a first-principles study of the structural, electronic, and electron transport properties of the Hg_x Mg_(1-x) Te (HMT) ternary compound is performed using the ABINIT package and the results are compared with Cd_0.9Zn_0.1 Te (CZT) as a current room-temperature photodetector. Next, the response functions of Hg_0.6Mg_0.4 Te and Cd_0.9Zn_0.1 Te under electromagnetic irradiation with 0.05 MeV, 0.2 MeV, 0.661 MeV and 1.33 MeV energies are simulated by using the MCNP code. According to these simulations, the Hg_0.6Mg_0.4 Te ternary compound is suggested as a good semiconductor photodetector for use at room temperature.

Keywords: band gap charge-carrier transport photodetector density functional theory

Received: 08 November 2017
Revised: 16 January 2018
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PACS:	31.15.E	(Density-functional theory)
	31.15.es	(Applications of density-functional theory (e.g., to electronic structure and stability; defect formation; dielectric properties, susceptibilities; viscoelastic coefficients; Rydberg transition frequencies))
	29.40.-n	(Radiation detectors)
	29.30.Kv	(X- and γ-ray spectroscopy)

Corresponding Authors: Ghasemi Hasan
E-mail: nifa2616@gmail.com

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Ghasemi Hasan, Mokhtari Ali Using the Hg_xMg_(1-x) Te ternary compound as a room temperature photodetector: The electronic structure, charge transport, and response function of the energetic electromagnetic radiation 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 053101

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