APPLICATION OF QUANTUM HALL DEVICES FOR FIR DETECTION

Authors
SUCHALKIN S VASILYEV Y IVANOV Y IVANOV S KOPEV S MELTSER B OHYAMA T
Citation
S. Suchalkin et al., APPLICATION OF QUANTUM HALL DEVICES FOR FIR DETECTION, Solid-state electronics, 40(1-8), 1996, pp. 469-472
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Solid-state electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00381101
Volume
40
Issue
1-8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
469 - 472
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-1101(1996)40:1-8<469:AOQHDF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We propose a novel concept for FIR light detection by means of Hall de vices biased at strong currents. The base of the device operation is t he effect of photoinduced breakdown of the integer quantum Hall effect (QHE). We demonstrate experimentally that the increase of the bias cu rrent from 100 to 300 mu A leads to the photoresponse enhancement by o ver two orders of magnitude, Application of the presented results for designing a tunable high sensitive FIR photodetector is discussed.