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- Title
NANOPOROUS SILICON METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR-METAL PHOTODETECTOR.
- Authors
ATIWONGSANGTHONG, N.; NIEMCHAROEN, S.; TITIROONGRUANG, W.
- Abstract
In this paper we present a study on the application of nanoporous silicon to an optoelectronic device called a nanoporous silicon metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) visible light photodetector. This device was fabricated on a nanoporous silicon layer which was formed by electrochemical etching of a silicon wafer in a hydrofluoric acid solution under various anodization conditions such as the resistivity of the silicon wafer, current density, concentration of the hydrofluoric acid solution and anodization time. The structure of this device has two square Al/nanoporous silicon Schottky-barrier junctions on the silicon substrate and the electrode spacing is 500 μm. The experiment will study photoresponse and the response time of a nanoporous silicon MSM photodetector which was fabricated on the various porosity of a nanoporous silicon layer. It is found that when devices are fabricated on a higher porosity nanoporous silicon layer, the photoresponse of the device will expand toward the short-wavelength and the bandwidth of the spectrum response will cover visible light. In addition, it is found that the response time of the device in terms of rise time will decrease.
- Subjects
NANOSTRUCTURED materials; POROUS materials; SEMICONDUCTOR-metal boundaries; OPTOELECTRONIC devices; ELECTROCHEMICAL analysis; PLASMA etching; MICROFABRICATION; ELECTRODES; HYDROFLUORIC acid
- Publication
Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials, 2010, Vol 19, Issue 4, p713
- ISSN
0218-8635
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0218863510005637