Tunable graphene-silicon heterojunctions for ultrasensitive photodetection

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 909-916

  An, Xiaohong ^a   Liu, Fangze ^a   Jung, Yung Joon ^b   Kar, Swastik ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene; noise equivalent power; photodetection; responsivity; specific detectivity

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT POWER; INTEGRATION TIME; NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER; PHOTO DETECTION; PHOTON CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RESPONSIVITY; SPECIFIC DETECTIVITY; ULTRA SENSITIVES;

GRAPHENE; MONOLAYERS; PHOTODETECTORS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84874960195     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl303682j     Document Type: Article

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