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Fast silicon photodiodes

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There is typically a compromise between speed and efficiency when designing silicon photodiodes. Now, researchers have exploited microstructuring to achieve fast and thin devices that are also efficient.

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Figure 1: Schematic of a silicon p–i–n photodiode.

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  1. Michael B. Johnston is in the Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK,

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