Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 3, 0304002(2023)

Dual-Band and High-Responsivity Ultraviolet Detector Based on Pt/GaN/AlGaN Heterojunction

Gang Wu1,2,3, Libin Tang1,2,3、*, Qun Hao1、**, Gongrong Deng2、***, Yiyun Zhang4, Qiang Qin2, Shouzhang Yuan2, Jingyu Wang2, Hong Wei2, Shunying Yan2, Ying Tan2, and Jincheng Kong2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Kunming Institute of Physics, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
  • 3Yunnan Key Laboratory of Advanced Photoelectronic Materials & Devices, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
  • 4Research and Development Center for Solid-State Lighting, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100090, China
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    Gang Wu, Libin Tang, Qun Hao, Gongrong Deng, Yiyun Zhang, Qiang Qin, Shouzhang Yuan, Jingyu Wang, Hong Wei, Shunying Yan, Ying Tan, Jincheng Kong. Dual-Band and High-Responsivity Ultraviolet Detector Based on Pt/GaN/AlGaN Heterojunction[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(3): 0304002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Detectors

    Received: Jun. 14, 2022

    Accepted: Aug. 12, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 13, 2023

    The Author Email: Tang Libin (sscitang@163.com), Hao Qun (qhao@bit.edu.cn), Deng Gongrong (gongrong.deng@hotmail.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS221312

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