Visible- and solar-blind photodetectors using AlGaN high electron mobility transistors with nanodot-based floating gate

Andrew M. Armstrong; Brianna A. Klein; Andrew A. Allerman; Albert G. Baca; Mary H. Crawford; Jacob Podkaminer; Carlos R. Perez; Michael P. Siegal; Erica A. Douglas; Vincent M. Abate; Francois Leonard

doi:10.1364/PRJ.7.000B24

Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 6, B24(2019)

Visible- and solar-blind photodetectors using AlGaN high electron mobility transistors with nanodot-based floating gate

Andrew M. Armstrong^1、*, Brianna A. Klein¹, Andrew A. Allerman¹, Albert G. Baca¹, Mary H. Crawford¹, Jacob Podkaminer^1,2, Carlos R. Perez¹, Michael P. Siegal¹, Erica A. Douglas¹, Vincent M. Abate¹, and Francois Leonard³

Author Affiliations

¹Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA

²Current address: 3M Corporate Research Labs, St. Paul, Minnesota 55144, USA

³Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550, USA

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Paper Information

Category: Semiconductor UV Photonics

Received: Jan. 28, 2019

Accepted: Apr. 4, 2019

Published Online: May. 17, 2019

The Author Email: Andrew M. Armstrong (aarmstr@sandia.gov)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000B24

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