UV photodetectors from thin film diamond

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作者
Chan, SSM
McKeag, RD
Whitfield, MD
Jackman, RB
机构
[1] Dept. of Electron. and Elec. Eng., University College London, London WC1E7JE, Torrington Place
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PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE | 1996年 / 154卷 / 01期
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10.1002/pssa.2211540131
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Thin films of chemically vapour deposited diamond have been used to fabricate photoconductive and photodiode structures for the detection of UV light. On free standing (80 mu m thick) material, a planar interdigitated design with 20 mu m electrode spacing is found to offer greater than five orders of magnitude in wavelength discrimination between deep UV and visible light, with dark currents <0.1 nA, when a methane-air gas treatment is used. On silicon supported (6 mu m thick) films, a planar photodiode utilising gold Schottky and Ti-Ag-Au ohmic contacts, also offers a sharp cut-off in photoresponse in the deep UV with no measurable dark current; photoconductive devices fabricated on this material do not show useful levels of performance.
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