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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 3, 351(2019)

Visible-blind short-wavelength infrared photodetector with high responsivity based on hyperdoped silicon

Xiaodong Qiu1, Zijing Wang1, Xiaotong Hou1, Xuegong Yu1,2、*, and Deren Yang1,3、*
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 2e-mail: yuxuegong@zju.edu.cn
  • 3e-mail: mseyang@zju.edu.cn
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    Xiaodong Qiu, Zijing Wang, Xiaotong Hou, Xuegong Yu, Deren Yang. Visible-blind short-wavelength infrared photodetector with high responsivity based on hyperdoped silicon[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(3): 351

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    Category: Silicon Photonics

    Received: Nov. 21, 2018

    Accepted: Jan. 21, 2019

    Published Online: Mar. 7, 2019

    The Author Email: Xuegong Yu (yuxuegong@zju.edu.cn), Deren Yang (mseyang@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000351

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