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High-Speed Solar-Blind AlGaN Schottky Photodiodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Necmi Biyikli ,
Ibrahim Kimukin ,
Tolga Kartaloglu ,
Orhan Aytür  and
Ekmel Ozbay
Necmi Biyikli
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Bilkent, Ankara, 06800 Turkey
Ibrahim Kimukin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Bilkent University, Bilkent, Ankara 06800 Turkey
Tolga Kartaloglu
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Bilkent, Ankara, 06800 Turkey
Orhan Aytür
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Bilkent, Ankara, 06800 Turkey
Ekmel Ozbay
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Bilkent University, Bilkent, Ankara 06800 Turkey
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Abstract

We report high-speed solar-blind AlGaN-based Schottky photodiodes. AlGaN/GaN heterostructure device layers were grown on sapphire substrate. The devices were fabricated on AlGaN/GaN heterostructuresusing a microwave compatible fabrication process. Schottky photodiodes with Au and indium-tin-oxide (ITO) Schottky contacts were fabricated. Current-voltage, spectral responsivity, and high-speed measurements were performed. Both Schottky samples exhibited very low sub-pA dark currents at high reverse bias. A bias dependent spectral responsivity was observed with a peak responsivity of 89 mA/W at 267 nm, and 44 mA/W at 263 nm for Au and ITO-Schottky devices respectively. Time-based high-frequency measurements at 267 nm resulted in pulse responses with rise times and pulse-widths as short as 13 ps and 74 ps respectively. The fastest solar-blind detector had a record 3-dB bandwidth of 1.10 GHz.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 764: Symposium C – New Applications for Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors , 2003 , C5.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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