High-performance β-Ga2O3 thickness dependent solar blind photodetector

Xiaoyu Zhang, Ling Wang, Xudong Wang, Yan Chen, Qianqian Shao, Guangjian Wu, Xianying Wang, Tie Lin, Hong Shen, Jianlu Wang, Xiangjian Meng, Junhao Chu

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Abstract

Gallium oxide (Ga2O3) has been studied as one of the most promising wide bandgap semiconductors during the past decade. Here, we prepared high quality β-Ga2O3 films by pulsed laser deposition. β-Ga2O3 films of different thicknesses were achieved and their crystal properties were comprehensively studied. As thickness increases, grain size and surface roughness are both increased. Based on these β-Ga2O3 films, a series of ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors with interdigital electrodes structure were prepared. These devices embrace an ultralow dark current of 100 fA, and high photocurrent on/off ratio of 10E8 under UV light illumination. The photoresponse time is 4 ms which is faster than most of previous works. This work paves the way for the potential application of Ga2O3 in the field of UV detection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4169-4177
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Feb 2020
Externally publishedYes

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