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Measurements of the photocurrent enhancement of reverse-biased silicon photodiodes in the 0.05--1.5-keV photon-energy range

Journal Article · · Applied Optics
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (United States)
  2. Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
The measured photocurrents from two different {ital p}-{ital n}-junction silicon photodiodes at 170-A (73-eV) and at 8.34-A (1480-eV) light are presented. One is a standard extreme-UV photodiode fabricated on low-resistivity silicon (70--100 {Omega} cm), and the other is fabricated on high-resistivity silicon ({lt}2 {times} 10{sup 4} {Omega} cm). The photocurrents from the diode on high-resistivity silicon are at least an order of magnitude greater than the photocurrents from the diode on low-resistivity silicon when a reverse bias of 40 V is applied to each. This photocurrent enhancement is 15.4 {plus_minus} 4 at 8.34 A and 12.5 {plus_minus} 2 at 170 A.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-86ER53214
OSTI ID:
130693
Journal Information:
Applied Optics, Journal Name: Applied Optics Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 34; ISSN APOPAI; ISSN 0003-6935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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