UV-enhanced a-Si:H metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1007-1010

  Khodami, Ida ^a   Taghibakhsh, Farhad ^a   Karim, Karim D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon (a Si); Biomolecular imaging; Metal semiconductor metal (MSM) photodetector; Ultraviolet (UV) light detector

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; AMORPHOUS FILMS; DNA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROLYSIS; GENES; MARKOV PROCESSES; METALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTODETECTORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); BIOMOLECULAR IMAGING; METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR-METAL (MSM) PHOTODETECTOR; PLANAR METAL; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT DETECTOR;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 50649116624     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2008.2001634     Document Type: Article

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