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Extended near infrared photo-response influenced by host matrix change in Ge nanoparticle-based films
Document Type
Conference
Source
2022 International Semiconductor Conference (CAS) Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2022 International. :231-234 Oct, 2022
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Silicon compounds
Temperature sensors
Temperature dependence
Temperature
Sensitivity
Transmission electron microscopy
Films
Ge-NPs in SiO2 and Si3N4 films
magnetron sputtering
structure
photo-electric
near infrared photo-sensitivity
Language
ISSN
2377-0678
Abstract
Ge nanoparticles in SiO 2 or Si 3 N 4 on Si pieces at 500 °C were fabricated by sputtering from Ge, SiO 2 or Si 3 N 4 targets. Transmission electron microscopy, current - voltage and spectral-photocurrent characteristics were done to determine the structure and photo-electrical behaviour. Depending on the temperature, the current under illumination, for both films, are comparable and increase with more than 5 orders of magnitude over the dark one. Even if obtaining parameters are similar, photo-current spectra in photovoltaic regime show for Ge:SiO 2 a cut-off wavelength of 1377 nm and an extended sensitivity threshold in near infrared of 1560 nm for Ge:Si 3 N 4 .films.