Near-infrared sub-bandgap all-silicon photodetectors: State of the art and perspectives

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 10571-10600

  Casalino, Maurizio ^a   Coppola, Giuseppe ^a   Iodice, Mario ^a   Rendina, Ivo ^a   Sirleto, Luigi ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption; Optoelectronics; Photodetector; Ring resonator; Silicon; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; INTERNAL PHOTOEMISSION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECT; RING RESONATOR; SILICON PHOTODIODE; SILICON PHOTONICS; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; SILICON; SILICON DETECTORS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTODETECTORS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; SILICON;

CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; PHOTON; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; EFFICIENCY; INFRARED RAYS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 78650281784     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101210571     Document Type: Review

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