Ultra-High and Fast Ultraviolet Response Photodetectors Based on Lateral Porous GaN/Ag Nanowires Composite Nanostructure

  • Jing Li
  • , Xin Xi
  • , Xiaodong Li
  • , Shan Lin
  • , Zhanhong Ma
  • , Huixin Xiu
  • , Lixia Zhao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Composite nanostructures with plasmonic metals can introduce optical resonances and enhance optoelectronic performance significantly. In this work, novel lateral porous GaN/Ag nanowires (NWs) composite nanostructure-based UV photodetectors were designed and fabricated, and the detectivity is up to 1015 Jones at V = 1 V with a fast response speed of ≈180 µs under UV illumination, which is more than ≈105 times faster than that of the photodetectors without Ag NWs. Combined with finite-difference time-domain simulations, the results show that such superior performance is mainly attributed to the surface plasmon resonance effect, which leads to a strong light trapping and efficient carriers' transport process at the lateral porous GaN/Ag NWs interfaces. This approach paves a way to realize ultra-sensitive UV photodetectors with fast response through plasmonic metal/semiconductor nanocomposites, which are desirable for applications in optical switches, optical logical operations, and lightwave communications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1902162
JournalAdvanced Optical Materials
Volume8
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ag nanowires
  • UV photodetectors
  • composite nanostructures
  • fast-response photodetectors
  • lateral porous GaN
  • surface plasmon resonant effect

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