articleNature CommunicationsJan 25, 2023GOLD OA

Enhanced gain and detectivity of unipolar barrier solar blind avalanche photodetector via lattice and band engineering

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Nankai University · +2 more institutions

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Abstract Ga 2 O 3 -based solar blind avalanche photodetectors exhibit low voltage operation, optical filter-free and monolithic integration of photodetector arrays, and therefore they are promising to be an alternative to the bulky and fragile photomultiplier tubes for weak signal detection in deep-ultraviolet region. Here, by deliberate lattice and band engineering, we construct an n-Barrier-n unipolar barrier avalanche photodetector consisting of β -Ga 2 O 3 /MgO/Nb:SrTiO 3 heterostructure, in which the enlarged conduction band offsets fortify the reverse breakdown and suppress the dark current while the negligible valance band offsets faciliate minority carrier flow across the heterojunction. The developed…

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