DocumentCode
1875317
Title
Dark current suppression for germanium metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector by plasma post-oxidation passivation
Author
Jian Kang ; Rui Zhang ; Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Takagi, Shinichi
Author_Institution
Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2013
fDate
28-30 Aug. 2013
Firstpage
140
Lastpage
141
Abstract
Effect of plasma post-oxidized GeOx passivation on dark current suppression has been investigated through Ge Schottky diodes and metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors. Reduction of surface leakage current by approximately one order of magnitude is achieved.
Keywords
Schottky diodes; elemental semiconductors; germanium; germanium compounds; leakage currents; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; oxidation; passivation; photodetectors; plasma materials processing; Ge-GeOx; Schottky diodes; dark current suppression; germanium metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector; plasma post-oxidation passivation; surface leakage current; Aluminum oxide; Dark current; Optical surface waves; Passivation; Plasmas; Radiation effects; Schottky diodes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Seoul
ISSN
1949-2081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5803-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/Group4.2013.6644410
Filename
6644410
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