• DocumentCode
    3227697
  • Title

    Highly sensitive, silicon-on-insulator nanowire based photodetector: Device optimization and analysis

  • Author

    Roudsari, A. Fadavi ; Li, G. ; Saini, S.S. ; O, N. ; Anantram, M.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    15-18 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    873
  • Lastpage
    876
  • Abstract
    We recently introduced a new phototransistor with multiple gates and a modified channel that offers a large optical gain [1]. In this work, after reviewing the proposed phototransistor, we present new results for the variation of the photo-responsivity with device dimensions.
  • Keywords
    nanowires; photodetectors; phototransistors; silicon-on-insulator; device analysis; device optimization; photodetector; phototransistor; silicon-on-insulator nanowire; Dark current; Lighting; Logic gates; Nanoscale devices; Performance evaluation; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2011 11th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Portland, OR
  • ISSN
    1944-9399
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1514-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1944-9399
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NANO.2011.6144475
  • Filename
    6144475