Solar-blind UV photodetectors for large area applications

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1351-1356

  Caputo, Domenico ^a   De Cesare, Giampiero ^a   Irrera, Fernanda ^a   Palma, Fabrizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ENERGY GAP; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SILICON CARBIDE; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

INTRINSIC LAYER; SOLAR BLIND ULTRAVIOLET PHOTODETECTORS;

ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

EID: 0030243117     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.535318     Document Type: Article

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