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Light: Science and Applications, volume 10, issue 1, publication number 94
Progress on AlGaN-based solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors and focal plane arrays
Q Cai
1
,
Haifan You
1
,
Hui Guo
1
,
Jin Wang
1
,
Bin Liu
1
,
Zili Xie
1
,
Chen Dunjun
1
,
Hai Lu
1
,
Youdou Zheng
1
,
Rong Zhang
1, 2, 3
3
Institute of Future Display Technology, Tan Kah Kee Innovation Laboratory, Xiamen, China
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2021-04-30
Journal:
Light: Science and Applications
Quartile SCImago
Q1
Quartile WOS
Q1
Impact factor: 19.4
ISSN: 20477538
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract
Solar-blind ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors (PDs) have attracted tremendous attention in the environmental, industrial, military, and biological fields. As a representative III-nitride material, AlGaN alloys have broad development prospects in the field of solar-blind detection due to their superior properties, such as tunable wide bandgaps for intrinsic UV detection. In recent decades, a variety of AlGaN-based PDs have been developed to achieve high-precision solar-blind UV detection. As integrated optoelectronic technology advances, AlGaN-based focal plane arrays (FPAs) are manufactured and exhibit outstanding solar-blind imaging capability. Considering the rapid development of AlGaN detection techniques, this paper comprehensively reviews the progress on AlGaN-based solar-blind UV PDs and FPAs. First, the basic physical properties of AlGaN are presented. The epitaxy and p-type doping problems of AlGaN alloys are then discussed. Diverse PDs, including photoconductors and Schottky, metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM), p-i-n, and avalanche photodiodes (APDs), are demonstrated, and the physical mechanisms are analyzed to improve device performance. Additionally, this paper summarizes imaging technologies used with AlGaN FPAs in recent years. Benefiting from the development of AlGaN materials and optoelectronic devices, solar-blind UV detection technology is greeted with significant revolutions. Summarizing recent advances in the processing and properties of AlGaN-based solar-blind UV photodetectors and focal plane arrays as well as AlGaN growth and doping techniques.
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DO - 10.1038/s41377-021-00527-4
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-021-00527-4
TI - Progress on AlGaN-based solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors and focal plane arrays
T2 - Light: Science and Applications
AU - Cai, Q
AU - You, Haifan
AU - Guo, Hui
AU - Wang, Jin
AU - Liu, Bin
AU - Xie, Zili
AU - Dunjun, Chen
AU - Lu, Hai
AU - Zheng, Youdou
AU - Zhang, Rong
PY - 2021
DA - 2021/04/30 00:00:00
PB - Springer Nature
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VL - 10
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@article{2021_Cai,
author = {Q Cai and Haifan You and Hui Guo and Jin Wang and Bin Liu and Zili Xie and Chen Dunjun and Hai Lu and Youdou Zheng and Rong Zhang},
title = {Progress on AlGaN-based solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors and focal plane arrays},
journal = {Light: Science and Applications},
year = {2021},
volume = {10},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {apr},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-021-00527-4},
number = {1},
doi = {10.1038/s41377-021-00527-4}
}