Filter-free image sensor pixels comprising silicon nanowires with selective color absorption

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1804-1809

  Park, Hyunsung ^a   Dan, Yaping ^a   Seo, Kwanyong ^a   Yu, Young J ^b   Duane, Peter K ^b   Wober, Munib ^b   Crozier, Kenneth B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Zena Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

color imaging; image sensor; photodetector; selective absorption; Vertical silicon nanowire

Indexed keywords

COLOR; IMAGE SENSORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; COLOR IMAGE SENSORS; COLOR IMAGING; IMAGE SENSOR PIXELS; INTEGRATED PHOTODETECTOR; SELECTIVE ABSORPTION; SILICON NANOWIRES; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84898006116     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl404379w     Document Type: Article

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