Single Nanowire Photodetector (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Single Nanowire Photodetector

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Drawing of a single nanowire photodetector. When light strikes the nanowire in such a way that an electron and hole in the semiconducting material split apart, the electron runs along the wire and increases the wire's current and light is detected.

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UC San Diego

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