Logo image
An analytical model for the photodetection mechanisms in high-electron mobility transistors
Journal article   Peer reviewed

An analytical model for the photodetection mechanisms in high-electron mobility transistors

M A Romero, MAG Martinez and P R Herczfeld
IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, v 44(12), pp 2279-2287
01 Dec 1996

Abstract

Engineering Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Science & Technology Technology
The use of microwave high-electron mobility transistors (HEMT's) as photodetectors or optically controlled circuit elements have attracted interest. A model of the optical characteristics of HEMT's, which takes into account carrier transport as well as the quantum mechanical nature of the two-dimensional (2-D) electron gas channel, is presented. It is shown that the effect of illumination is equivalent to a shift in the gate to source bias voltage, referred to as the internal photovoltaic effect. The theoretical model is supported by experimental results that demonstrate that the HEMT photoresponse is a nonlinear function of light intensity with very high responsivity at low optical power levels.

Metrics

11 Record Views
100 citations in Scopus

Details

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

#11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Source: SDGs in the Output

InCites Highlights

Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:

Collaboration types
Domestic collaboration
International collaboration
Web of Science research areas
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Telecommunications
Logo image