JOURNAL ARTICLE

Amorphous silicon-germanium thin-film photodetector array

D. S. ShenJ. P. CondeV. ChuS. AljishiJ.Z. LiuS. Wagner

Year: 1992 Journal:   IEEE Electron Device Letters Vol: 13 (1)Pages: 5-7   Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Abstract

The authors report a photodetector array based on an amorphous silicon-germanium alloy thin film. The detector array is designed for detecting light pulses from (Ga,Al)As laser diodes. An experimental 2*2 detector array, addressed by a silicon shift register, works to a clock frequency of 25 MHz and shows good stability.< >

Keywords:
Photodetector Germanium Silicon Optoelectronics Amorphous silicon Materials science Detector Diode Optics Thin film Semiconductor detector Crystalline silicon Physics Nanotechnology

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Topics

Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Instrumentation
CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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