A hybrid organic semiconductor/silicon photodiode for efficient ultraviolet photodetection

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3219-3225

  Levell, J W ^a   Giardini, M E ^a   Samuel, I D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIC FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CONJUGATED POLYMER THIN FILMS; FLUORENE COPOLYMERS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; LOW COSTS; PHOTO DETECTION; SILICON PHOTO-DETECTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RESPONSE; UV-VISIBLE;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77149160026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003219     Document Type: Article

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