Photoconduction in polyimide

Abstract

P h o t o c o n d u c t i o n i n P o l y i m i d e L. Kan and K . C . Kao M a t e r i a l s and Devices Research L a b o r a t o r y Department of E l e c t r i c a l and Computer E n g i n e e r i n g U n i v e r s i t y o f Manitoba,Winnipeg,Canada R3T 2 N 2 ABS TRACT P h o t o c u r r e n t h a s b e e n m e a s u r e d i n p o l yi m i d e under e x c i t i n g r a d i a t i o n i n t h e wavel e n g t h r a n g e o f 700A-2000A u s i n g a sandwich e l e c t r o d e c o n f i g u r a t i o n . There a r e two photoc u r r e n t p e a k s o c c u r r i n g a t 4650A and 3550A i f b o t h t h e i l l u m i n a t e d and n o n -i l l u m i n a t e d elect r o d e s are s o l i d e l e c t r o d e s .