Photoelectric conversion element and photoelectric conversion device
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Watanabe, Kazunori Anazawa, Chikara Manabe, Masaaki Shimizu
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Abstract
A photoelectric conversion element comprising a substrate and a light sensor disposed on a surface of the substrate and receiving high speed optical pulse signals and converting them into high frequency waves in which the light sensor comprises at least carbon nano-tubes, as well as a photoelectric conversion device having the element, for directly converting high speed optical pulses signals in a communication band into signals of high frequency waves or electromagnetic waves.
Claims27
A photoelectric conversion element to receive high speed optical pulse signals and convert them into high frequency waves, the photoelectric conversion element comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a light sensor disposed on the substrate, wherein the light sensor includes at least a carbon nano-tube.
A method of making a photoelectric conversion element for converting high speed optical pulse signals into high frequency waves, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate;
- forming a layer of fine semiconductor particles on the substrate;
- and
- disposing at least a carbon nano-tube in electrical contact with the fine semiconductor particle layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.