• DocumentCode
    1057552
  • Title

    Proposed new heterojunction device for infrared detection

  • Author

    Spratt, J.P. ; Schwarz, R.F. ; Cheng, V.M.

  • Author_Institution
    RCA Laboratories, Princeton, NJ
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    8/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1117
  • Lastpage
    1119
  • Abstract
    A novel heterojunction diode structure is proposed in which a thin metal layer, inserted between two dissimilar semiconductors, pins the surface potential of each semiconductor with respect to a common reference level (the metal Fermi energy). The resultant structure will, in principle, permit the control of interface potential in heterojunctions.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Heterojunctions; Infrared detectors; Optical devices; Optical scattering; Radiative recombination; Region 1; Region 2; Silicon; Spontaneous emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1977.18886
  • Filename
    1479078