Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 7, A97(2022)

Self-driven highly responsive p-n junction InSe heterostructure near-infrared light detector

Chandraman Patil1, Chaobo Dong1, Hao Wang1, Behrouz Movahhed Nouri1,2, Sergiy Krylyuk3, Huairuo Zhang3,4, Albert V. Davydov3, Hamed Dalir1,2, and Volker J. Sorger1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
  • 2Optelligence LLC, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772, USA
  • 3Materials Science and Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
  • 4Theiss Research, Inc., La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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    Special Issue: NEXT-GENERATION SILICON PHOTONICS

    Received: Aug. 27, 2021

    Accepted: May. 10, 2022

    Published Online: Jun. 30, 2022

    The Author Email: Volker J. Sorger (sorger@gwu.edu)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.441519

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