DocumentCode
1152450
Title
Detection of optical and infrared radiation with DC-biased electron-tunneling metal-barrier-metal diodes
Author
Faris, Sophia ; Gustafson, T. ; Wiesner, J.
Author_Institution
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Volume
9
Issue
7
fYear
1973
fDate
7/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
737
Lastpage
745
Abstract
The voltage obtained from metal-barrier-metal (MBM) diodes by phase-sensitive detection when illuminated with optical and near-infrared radiation, modulated at 880 Hz, has been studied as a function of an applied dc bias. The detected voltage is a nonlinear function of the bias voltage for high junction impedances, and linear for low junction impedances. The nonlinearity in the junction has been shown to be consistent with electron tunneling theory.
Keywords
Diodes; Impedance; Infrared detectors; Nonlinear optics; Optical detectors; Optical modulation; Phase detection; Phase modulation; Radiation detectors; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1973.1077721
Filename
1077721
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