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Picosecond response times in GaAs/AlGaAs core/shell nanowire-based photodetectors
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Picosecond response times in GaAs/AlGaAs core/shell nanowire-based photodetectors

Eric M. Gallo, Guannan Chen, Marc Currie, Terrence McGuckin, Paola Prete, Nico Lovergine, Bahram Nabet and Jonathan E. Spanier
Applied physics letters, v 98(24), pp 241113-241113-3
13 Jun 2011
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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3600061View
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Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Applied Science & Technology
High-speed metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetectors based on Schottky-contacted core/shell GaAs/AlGaAs and bare GaAs nanowires were fabricated and characterized. The measured core/shell temporal response has a similar to 10 ps full-width at half-maximum and an estimated corrected value less than 5 ps. The bare GaAs devices exhibit a slower response (similar to 35 ps) along with a slow decaying persistent photocurrent (similar to 80 s). The core/shell devices exhibit significantly improved dc and high-speed performance over bare nanowires and comparable performance to planar MSM photodetectors. The picosecond temporal response, coupled with picoampere dark current, demonstrate the potential for core/shell nanowires in high-speed imaging arrays and on-chip optical interconnects. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3600061]

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