Photodetectors: Materials, Devices and Applications

Photodetectors (PDs) convert light into electric signals, enabling data processing in data centers, computers, and cell phones. The 2nd edition of "Photodetectors" covers state-of-the-art advancements, including single-photon detection, organic photodetectors, silicon-germanium PDs, one-dimensional, nanowire, quantum dot, solar-blind PDs, GaN technology, Plasmonic PDs, and CMOS compatible devices. It appeals to a wide audience, from general interest to practitioners and experts.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 462 pages
Publication date: 10 February 2023
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Every bit of information that travels across the internet throughout the world is a pulse of light, that at some point must be converted to an electric signal in order to be processed by the electronic circuitry in our data centers, computers, and cell phones. Photodetectors (PDs) perform this conversion with ultra-high speed and efficiency, in addition to being ubiquitously present in many other devices ranging from the mundane TV remote controls to ultra-high resolution instrumentation used in Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) that reach the edge of the universe and measure gravitational waves. The second edition of Photodetectors fully updates the popular first edition with updated information covering the state-of-the-art in modern photodetectors. The 2nd edition starts with basic metrology of photodetectors and common figures-of-merit to compare various devices. It follows with chapters that discuss single-photon detection with Avalanche Photodiodes; organic photodetectors that can be inkjet printed; and silicon-germanium PDs popular in the burgeoning field of Silicon Photonics. Internationally recognized experts contribute chapters on one-dimensional, nanowire, PDs as well as high-speed zero-dimensional, quantum dot, versions that increase the spectral span as well as speed and sensitivity of PDs and can be produced on various substrates. Solar-blind PDs that operate in harsh environments such as deep space or rocket engines are reviewed and new devices in GaN technology are covered. Novel Plasmonic PDs, as well as devices that employ micro-plasma of confined charge in order to make devices that overcome the speed limitation of transfer of electronic charge, are covered in other chapters. Using different, novel technologies, CMOS compatible devices are described.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780081027950
Edition number: 2 ed