Solar-blind UV photocathodes based on AlGaN heterostructures with a 300- to 330-nm spectral sensitivity threshold

Autor: Sergei Ivanov, V. N. Jmerik, O. V. Alymov, A. V. Pashuk, M. R. Ainbund, L. V. Lapushkina, A. M. Mizerov, S. I. Petrov, A. N. Alekseev
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Technical Physics Letters. 38:439-442
ISSN: 1090-6533
1063-7850
DOI: 10.1134/s1063785012050033
Popis: Solar-blind UV photodetectors based on photocathodes are among the important applications of heterostructures based on group III metal nitride semiconductors. Related investigations are most frequently devoted to photocathodes with p-GaN active regions characterized by a long-wavelength sensitivity threshold at 360 nm. Since the detected radiation is mostly concentrated in the spectral range below 240–290 nm, corresponding displacement of the long-wavelength sensitivity threshold of photodetectors by using photocathodes with p-AlGaN active regions is a topical task. We present preliminary results on manufacturing photocathodes with a p-AlxGa1 − xN (x = 0.1 and 0.3) active region (possessing a long-wavelength sensitivity threshold at 330 and 300 nm, respectively).
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