Self-powered UVC detectors based on α-Ga2O3 with enchanted speed performance

Aleksei Almaev; Alexander Tsymbalov; Bogdan Kushnarev; Vladimir Nikolaev; Alexei Pechnikov; Mikhail Scheglov; Andrei Chikiryaka

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/24020001

Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 45, Issue 8, 082502(2024)

Self-powered UVC detectors based on α-Ga₂O₃ with enchanted speed performance

Aleksei Almaev^1,2、*, Alexander Tsymbalov¹, Bogdan Kushnarev¹, Vladimir Nikolaev^3,4, Alexei Pechnikov⁴, Mikhail Scheglov⁴, and Andrei Chikiryaka⁴

Author Affiliations

¹Laboratory of Metal Oxide Semiconductors, Research and Development Center for Advanced Technologies in Microelectronics, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia

²Fokon LLC, Kaluga 248035, Russia

³Department of Semiconductor Electronics and Physics of Semiconductors, National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Moscow 119049, Russia

⁴Perfect Crystals LLC, Saint Petersburg 194223, Russia

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Received: Feb. 8, 2024

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Published Online: Aug. 27, 2024

The Author Email: Almaev Aleksei (almaev_alex@mail.ru)

DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/24020001

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