Abstract
Surface effects stemming simply from photodiode operation in vacuum environment are seen to improve quantum efficiency significantly. This is attributed to desorption of surface impurities and consequent reduction of surface potential, recombination, and Debye length. Effective depletion layer width can also be noticeably affected by free charge redistribution after desorption of surface impurities. Quantum efficiency here in vacuum is greatest at longer wavelengths because of decreased surface depth in vacuum.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 183-191 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 430 |
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| State | Published - 9 Jan 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering