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High Bandwidth-Efficiency Solar-Blind AlGaN Schottky Photodiodes With Low Dark Current

Overview Solar-blind UltraViolet (UV) detectors with cut-off wavelength around 280nm can sense very weak UV signals under intense background radiation. These devices have important applications including missile plume detection, chemical/biological agent sensing, flame alarms, covert space-to-space and submarine communications, and ozone-layer monitoring. Wide bandgap AlxGa1xN alloy is an intrinsic solar-blind material for x > 0.35. Since the first demonstration of solar-blind AlGaN photoconductors, research on high Al-content AlxGa1xN solar-blind detectors resulted in high-performance devices. AlGaN-based solar-blind photodetectors with very low leakage and noise levels, high responsivity, high detectivity, and fast pulse response have been reported.

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PublisherReed Elsevier File FormatPDF
Date PublishedOctober 2004
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