Accession Number:

AD0754026

Title:

Heterojunction Photon Detectors.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

CINCINNATI UNIV OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Schanda,Janos D.

Report Date:

1972-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

46.0

Abstract:

The most basic theoretical considerations of the heterojunction photo-effect is explained and a selected review of papers dealing with the photo-effect in heterojunctions and some of their applications is presented. Author

Descriptors:

• *INFRARED DETECTORS
• PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
• PHOTOSENSITIVITY
• PHOTONS
• COUNTING METHODS
• PHOTOCATHODES
• PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY
• PHOTODIODES
• BAND THEORY OF SOLIDS
• SOLAR CELLS
• GERMANIUM
• SILICON
• CADMIUM SULFIDES

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Infrared Detection and Detectors
• Solid State Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE