Low-temperature-grown GaAs (LT-GaAs) has a picosecond recombination lifetime, making a fast photodetector material but limiting carrier mobility and collection efficiency. Here, a metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector with a thin channel of regular-temperature GaAs (RT-GaAs) above LT-GaAs provides fast transit between contacts. A p-type delta doping layer below these layers produces a vertical electric field forcing optically generated electrons towards the channel. The AlGaAs/RT-GaAs heterojunction increases Schottky contacts, and the resulting 8–22 μm pitch photodetectors have low (