A theory underlying the operation of a recently reported modulated barrier photodiode has been developed. Energy barrier lowering is shown to be the mechanism responsible for the gain. By balancing the minority-carrier flux in the steady state, the barrier lowering for a given illumination condition can be obtained. The theory agrees very well both qualitatively and quantatively with the experimental results.
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