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3D position sensitive detectors for pattern recognition applications

Rodrigo F. Martins 1Hugo Águas 1Daniel Costa Sónia Pereira António Marques Isabel Ferreira Elvira Fortunato 

1. Centro de Investigacao em Materiais (CENIMAT/ Fac), Campus Caparica, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal

Abstract

This paper presents results of the spatial and frequency detection limits of an integrated array of 32 one-dimensional amorphous silicon thin film position sensitive detectors with a nip or MIS structure, under continuous and pulsed laser operation conditions. The data obtained show that 0.45×0.06 cm arrays, occupying a total active area of about 1 cm2 have a spatial resolution better than 5 m (modulation transfer function of about 0.2), with a cut-off frequency of about 6.8 KHz. Besides that, under pulsed laser conditions the device non-linearity has its minimum (about 1.6%), for a frequency of about 200Hz. Up to the limits of the cut-off frequency, the device non-linearity increases to values above 4%. Sensitivities above 50 mV/cm were achieved with linearity near to 99%. Besides that, by using a MIS structure based on ZnO allows an improvement of spectral response towards the UV region, with its maximum response at 540 nm.

 

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Presentation: invited oral at E-MRS Fall Meeting 2004, Symposium D, by Rodrigo F. Martins
See On-line Journal of E-MRS Fall Meeting 2004

Submitted: 2004-07-02 19:20
Revised:   2009-06-08 12:55