Ultra-high responsivity, silicon nanowire photodetectors for retinal prosthesis

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1364-1367

  Lee, S ^a   Jung, S W ^a,b   Park, S ^a   Ahn, J ^a   Hong, S J ^a   Yoo, H J ^a   Lee, M H ^b   Cho, D I ^a  

^a Department of Aerospace Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Korea Electronic Technology Institute (KETI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MECHANICAL BENDING; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHOTONIC SENSORS; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; RESPONSIVITY; RETINAL PROSTHESIS; RIGID SUBSTRATES; SILICON NANOWIRES; ULTRA-HIGH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

CAMERAS; MEMS; PHOTODETECTORS; VISION;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84860472848     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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