Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 8, 0831001(2022)

Effect of Oxygen Annealing Temperature on Properties of Ga2O3 Thin Films Grown at Room Temperature by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Chen Wang1, Yuchao Zhang1, Weihang Fan1, Shiwei Li1, Xiaoying Zhang1, Haijun Lin1, Shuiyang Lien1,2、*, and Wenzhang Zhu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Technology and Devices, School of Opto-Electronic and Communication Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, Fujian 361024, China
  • 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Da-Yeh University, Changhua,Taiwan 51591, China
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    Chen Wang, Yuchao Zhang, Weihang Fan, Shiwei Li, Xiaoying Zhang, Haijun Lin, Shuiyang Lien, Wenzhang Zhu. Effect of Oxygen Annealing Temperature on Properties of Ga2O3 Thin Films Grown at Room Temperature by Pulsed Laser Deposition[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(8): 0831001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Thin Films

    Received: Sep. 27, 2021

    Accepted: Nov. 2, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 30, 2022

    The Author Email: Lien Shuiyang (sylien@xmut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.0831001

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