Dual-color ultraviolet metal-semiconductor-metal AlGaN photodetectors


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Gokkavas M., Butun S., Yu H., Tut T., Butun B., Ozbay E.

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, vol.89, no.14, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 89 Issue: 14
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1063/1.2358206
  • Journal Name: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Abdullah Gül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Backilluminated ultraviolet metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors with different spectral responsivity bands were demonstrated on a single AlxGa1-xN heterostructure. This was accomplished by the incorporation of an epitaxial filter layer and the recess etching of the surface. The 11 nm full width at half maximum (FWHM) responsivity peak of the detector that was fabricated on the as-grown surface was 0.12 A/W at 310 nm with 10 V bias, whereas the 22 nm FWHM responsivity peak of the detector fabricated on the recess-etched surface was 0.1 A/W at 254 nm with 25 V bias. Both detectors exhibited excellent dark current characteristics with less than 10 fA leakage current. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.