Ultraviolet Photodetectors

Optoelectronic Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 181-222

  Omnes, Franck ^a   Monroy, Eva ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b INAC   (France)

Author keywords

Detectors; Nitrides; Photodetectors; Schottky barrier; Silicon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883645465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470611630.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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