Title

Novel Sic Detector Based On Optical Signal Instead Of Electrical Signal

Keywords

diffusion; laser; sensor

Abstract

A novel SiC optical detector that produces optical signal in contrast to the electric signal generated by conventional electrical detectors. The optical detector is a remote sensor providing response to incident photons from a distant object. The incident photons modify the refractive index and, consequently, the reflectance of the doped SiC by altering the electron densities in the valence band and the acceptor energy levels. This variation in the refractive index or reflectance represents the optical signal as the sensor response, which can be determined with a probe laser such as a He-Ne laser or a light-emitting diode. The sensor can be applied to numerous remote sensing applications including high-temperature or harsh environments due to the optical read-out of the detector response with a probe laser. The effects of different dopants on the detector response for sensing different chemical species, or equivalently imaging in different MWIR wavelengths, have been studied and the dopant concentration has been found to affect the optical signal. These results indicate that a new class of SiC detectorsclassified as optical detectors can be produced for a variety of wavelengths using different dopants for numerous applications.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volume

1693

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2014.572

Socpus ID

84924530208 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84924530208

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