PHOTRONICS.
Abstract
Research was continued on a photon flux employed to transfer electrical ignals from one circuit to another and to combine these signals without any electrical interconnection of circuits. P-n junctions offer a means of performing the basic functions of photon transmission and reception. By the use of double-injection diodes formed on silicon by planar techniques it has been found that most of the forward-current recombination radiation is produced in the highly-doped regions, but that the probability of rdiative recombination is higher in the more nearly intrinsic regions. The probability of radiative recombination of electrons in a boron-doped, p+ region was found to be about the same as for holes in phosphorus-doped, n+ region. Light-coupled transducers, phototransistor-processed dice attached to either end of a glass light-pipe, have been made with current-transfer coefficients as high as 8 x 10 to the -7th power. These transducers operate with either forward or reverse-current input. The reverse-current linearity was the best and extended over a decade range of current. Double-injection diodes have shown a dynamic pinch effect with a high rate of rise of current and, with heavy gold doping, a negative-resistance region. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 15, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0294030
Entities
People
- M. A. Gilleo