High-sensitivity planar Si-based MSM photodetector with very thin amorphous silicon-alloy quantum-well-like barrier layers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 966-968

  Lin, Cha Shin ^a   Tu, Li Ping ^a   Yeh, Rong Hwei ^a   Hong, Jyh Wong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amorphous layer; Heterointerface; Photodetector (PD)

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PHOTOCURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

AMORPHOUS LAYERS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0038340342     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.813445     Document Type: Article

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