• DocumentCode
    732906
  • Title

    Ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy of the inverse giant piezoresistance effect in silicon nanomembranes

  • Author

    Jaeseok Kim ; Houk Jang ; Min-Seok Kim ; Jeong Ho Cho ; Jong-Hyun Ahn ; Hyunyong Choi

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We observe the clear inverse piezoresistance effect in the silicon nanomembranes. Thickness-dependent optical-pump terahertz spectroscopy strongly corroborate that the effect originates from the carrier-concentration changes via charge carrier trapping into strain-induced defect states.
  • Keywords
    carrier density; defect states; elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; nanostructured materials; optical pumping; piezoresistance; silicon; terahertz wave spectra; Si; carrier-concentration; charge carrier trapping; inverse giant piezoresistance effect; silicon nanomembranes; strain-induced defect states; thickness-dependent optical-pump terahertz spectroscopy; ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy; Charge carrier density; Piezoresistance; Silicon; Spectroscopy; Strain; Surface treatment; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183343