Responsivity modulation of thin-film CdS by means of lock-in technique

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6890, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Acharya, K P ^a   Ullrich, B ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical quenching; Photocurrent; Responsivity modulation; Thin film cadmium sulfide

Indexed keywords

FILM SURFACE; OPTICAL QUENCHING; RESPONSIVITY MODULATION; THIN-FILM CADMIUM SULFIDE;

LIGHT MODULATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 41149142852     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.761852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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