• DocumentCode
    3015149
  • Title

    Sputtered Ge-Si heteroepitaxial thin films for photodetection in third window

  • Author

    Feré, Massimo ; Lanata, Marta ; Piccinin, Davide ; Pietralunga, Silvia M. ; Zappettini, Andrea ; Ossi, Paolo M. ; Martinelli, Mario

  • Author_Institution
    CoreCom, Milan
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    17-19 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    270
  • Lastpage
    272
  • Abstract
    DC-pulsed magnetron sputtering (PMS) allows to produce heteroepitaxial p-type Germanium thin films on 6rdquo Silicon wafers. Integrated p-n photodiodes, based on DC-PMS deposited Ge/Si heterojunctions, feature flat responsivity over the whole third communication window.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; p-n heterojunctions; photodetectors; semiconductor epitaxial layers; semiconductor heterojunctions; sputter deposition; DC-pulsed magnetron sputtering; SiGe; p-n photodiodes; photodetection; sputtered heteroepitaxial thin films; Amorphous magnetic materials; Amorphous materials; Germanium; Optical films; Photodiodes; Rough surfaces; Semiconductor thin films; Sputtering; Surface cleaning; Surface roughness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cardiff, Wales
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1769-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1768-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638169
  • Filename
    4638169