Member having light receiving layer with smoothly interconnecting nonparallel interfaces
US4696882A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 8, 1985 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G5/10
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A light-receiving member comprises a substrate and a light-receiving layer of a multi-layer structure having a first layer comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms and germanium atoms and a second layer comprising an amorphous material containing silicon atoms and exhibiting photoconductivity provided successively from the substrate side, said light-receiving layer having at least one pair of non-parallel interfaces within a short range and said non-parallel interfaces being aranged in a large number in at least one direction within the plane perpendicular to the layer thickness direction, said non-parallel interfaces being connected to one another smoothly in the direction in which they are arranged.
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