Plasmonically enhanced solar-blind self-powered photodetector array utilizing Pt nanoparticles-modified Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> nanorod heterojunction

Qinzhi Zhao; Lingfeng Mao; Peng Wan; Lijian Li; Kai Tang; Caixia Kan; Daning Shi; Xiaoxuan Wang; Mingming Jiang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.539310

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 1, 140(2025)

Plasmonically enhanced solar-blind self-powered photodetector array utilizing Pt nanoparticles-modified Ga₂O₃ nanorod heterojunction

Qinzhi Zhao¹, Lingfeng Mao², Peng Wan^1,3, Lijian Li¹, Kai Tang¹, Caixia Kan¹, Daning Shi¹, Xiaoxuan Wang^2,4, and Mingming Jiang^1、*

Author Affiliations

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

²State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Electronic Science & Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

³e-mail: pengwan919@nuaa.edu.cn

⁴e-mail: wxxseu@seu.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Optical Devices

Received: Aug. 13, 2024

Accepted: Oct. 24, 2024

Published Online: Dec. 20, 2024

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

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.539310

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.539310

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