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Highly Sensitive Visible-Blind Extreme Ultraviolet Ni/4H-SiC Schottky Photodiodes with Large Detection Area

Journal Article · · Opt. Lett.
Ni/4H-SiC Schottky photodiodes of 5 mm x 5 mm area have been fabricated and characterized. The photodiodes show less than 0.1 pA dark current at -4 V and an ideality factor of 1.06. A quantum efficiency (QE) between 3 and 400 nm has been calibrated and compared with Si photodiodes optimized for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) detection. In the EUV region, the QE of SiC detectors increases from 0.14 electrons/photon at 120 nmto30 electrons/photon at 3 nm. The mean energy of electron-hole pair generation of 4H-SiC estimated from the spectral QE is found to be 7.9 eV.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) National Synchrotron Light Source
Sponsoring Organization:
Doe - Office Of Science
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
914254
Report Number(s):
BNL--78822-2007-JA
Journal Information:
Opt. Lett., Journal Name: Opt. Lett. Vol. 31; ISSN OPLEDP; ISSN 0146-9592
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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