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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 4, 648(2024)

High-performance, low-power, and flexible ultraviolet photodetector based on crossed ZnO microwires p-n homojunction Editors' Pick

Shulin Sha1... Kai Tang1, Maosheng Liu1, Peng Wan1, Chenyang Zhu1, Daning Shi1, Caixia Kan1,2 and Mingming Jiang1,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
  • 2e-mail: cxkan@nuaa.edu.cn
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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Sep. 13, 2023

    Accepted: Jan. 9, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 15, 2024

    The Author Email: Mingming Jiang (mmjiang@nuaa.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.505839

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.505839

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