Photoresponse Characteristics of Extended Surface Barrier Diodes.

Abstract

Surface barrier diodes which show a reversal of the photoresponse polarity with changing photon energy have been fabricated by diffusing Cu into heavily n-type GaAs. The photoresponse is found to depend strongly upon applied bias. These properties are explained in terms of a model in which a thin compensated region at the semiconductor surface allows the simultaneous photoemission of both holes and electrons from the metal into the semiconductor. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1971
Accession Number
AD0733725

Entities

People

  • David H. Seib

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Leptons
  • Photoelectric Emission
  • Polarity
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene