The DSI diode - A fast large-area optoelectronic detector

Fast double-Schottky-interdigitated diodes have been fabricated by evaporating Al-Schottky contacts on lowly doped n-GaAs (n = 10 to the 14th per cu cm). These detectors have a relatively large light-sensitive area of 400 square microns. Rise and fall times are in the order of 10 ps. The external quantum efficiency is 25 percent at lambda = 820 nm. The frequency response of the diodes is essentially flat up to 18 GHz, which is the limit of the measuring equipment.