- 标题
- 摘要
- 关键词
- 实验方案
- 产品
-
Sensors, Circuits and Instrumentation Systems (2018) || Investigation of Optoelectronic Properties of Amorphous Silicon Germanium Photodetectors
摘要： Cost consideration of the development of electronic devices is one of prime importance. One simple approach to lower the cost of production of photovoltaic and detectors is by using low cost materials such as amorphous silicon and germanium. These two semiconductors have different optoelectronic properties, such as energy gap, photoconductivity and absorption coefficient. The use of an alloy from the mixing of silicon with certain percentages of germanium would produce photodetectors with improved electronic characteristics and photoconductivity. A number of a-SiGe alloy thin films with different quantities of germanium have been fabricated using thermal vacuum evaporation technique. Conduction mechanism and activation energy of the prepared samples had been calculated and analyzed. The I–V characteristics, the photogenerated current and detectivity of these samples are subjected to measurement and discussion. Hall measurements are also conducted so to calculate the Hall I–V characteristics, Hall mobility, carrier concentration and type identification of the samples.
关键词： Amorphous silicon germanium photodetector,photoconductivity,detectivity,Hall measurements,activation energy,conduction mechanism
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
-
Design of Microdisk-Shaped Ge on Si Photodetector with Recess Structure for Refractive-Index Sensing
摘要： In this paper, we introduce a disk-shaped Ge-on-Si photodetector for refractive-index difference sensing at an operating wavelength of 1550 nm. For the implementation of a small-scale sensor, a Ge layer was formed on top of a Si layer to increase the absorption coefficient at the expense of the light-detection area. Additionally, the sensor had a ring waveguide structure along the edge of the disk formed by a recess into the inner part of the disk. This increased the interaction between the dominant optical mode traveling along the edge waveguide and the refractive index of the cladding material to be sensed, and conclusively increased detection sensitivity. The simulation results show that the proposed sensor exhibited a detection sensitivity of >50 nm/RIU (Refractive Index Unit), a quality factor of approximately 3000, and a minimum detectable refractive index change of 0.95 × 10?2 RIU with a small disk radius of 3 μm. This corresponds to 1.67 times the sensitivity without a recess (>30 nm/RIU).
关键词： refractive index sensor,disk resonator,silicon on insulator,germanium photodetector
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04