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Light receiving member

US5939230A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1997
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light receiving member comprising a photoconductive layer disposed on an electrically conductive surface of a substrate, said photoconductive layer being constituted by a non-single crystal material containing silicon atoms as a matrix and at least one kind of atoms selected from hydrogen atoms and halogen atoms, wherein said photoconductive layer contains a plurality of layer regions which are different from each other with respect to characteristic energy at an exponential tail obtained from a light absorption spectrum, hydrogen content and optical band gap. The light receiving member exhibits excellent potential characteristics and image-forming performance for visible laser.

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