Transit time of electrons and holes in micron and submicron MSM photodetectors

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Gvozdic, DM
Radunovic, JB
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[1] Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade
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10.1088/0268-1242/12/5/012
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this paper we analyse the transit time of electrons and holes in the metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector (MSM-PD). A phenomenological model is used for 2D numerical simulation of carrier transport and intervalley transfer. It is shown that for submicron dimensions the response time depends almost equally on electron and hole transit times, while for micron dimensions it is mostly determined by holes.
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