Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 8, 082504(2021)

Carrier transport and photoconductive gain mechanisms of AlGaN MSM photodetectors with high Al Content

Zhicheng Dai1, Yushen Liu2, Guofeng Yang1、*, Feng Xie3, Chun Zhu1, Yan Gu1, Naiyan Lu1, Qigao Fan1, Yu Ding1, Yuhang Li1, Yingzhou Yu1, and Xiumei Zhang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Jiangsu Provincial Research Center of Light Industrial Optoelectronic Engineering and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
  • 2School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215556, China
  • 3The 38th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Hefei 230000, China
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    Zhicheng Dai, Yushen Liu, Guofeng Yang, Feng Xie, Chun Zhu, Yan Gu, Naiyan Lu, Qigao Fan, Yu Ding, Yuhang Li, Yingzhou Yu, Xiumei Zhang, "Carrier transport and photoconductive gain mechanisms of AlGaN MSM photodetectors with high Al Content," Chin. Opt. Lett. 19, 082504 (2021)

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    Category: Optoelectronics

    Received: Sep. 25, 2020

    Accepted: Feb. 2, 2021

    Posted: Feb. 3, 2021

    Published Online: Jul. 23, 2021

    The Author Email: Guofeng Yang (gfyang@jiangnan.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.082504

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