• DocumentCode
    1441124
  • Title

    High-Gain Multiple-Gate Photodetector With Nanowires in the Channel

  • Author

    Roudsari, Anita Fadavi ; Saini, Simarjeet S. ; Nixon, O. ; Anantram, M.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    357
  • Lastpage
    359
  • Abstract
    A design of a photodetector with multiple gates and a modified channel, incorporating silicon nanowires, is proposed, and its performance is modeled. Working under lateral bipolar action, the gate/channel geometry increases the device photocurrent in the accumulation mode and leads to photoresponsivities of greater than .
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; nanowires; photoconductivity; photodetectors; semiconductor quantum wires; silicon; lateral bipolar action; multiple gate photodetector; photocurrent; photoresponsivities; silicon nanowires; Dark current; Logic gates; Nanowires; Photoconductivity; Phototransistors; Silicon; Lateral bipolar action; photodetector; photoresponsivity; silicon nanowire (NW);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LED.2010.2103044
  • Filename
    5706337