ZHOU Mei, ZHAO De-gang. Effect of Structure Parameters on the Performances of GaN Schottky Barrier Ultraviolet Photodetectors and Device Design[J]. Chinese journal of luminescence, 2009, 30(6): 824-831.
ZHOU Mei, ZHAO De-gang. Effect of Structure Parameters on the Performances of GaN Schottky Barrier Ultraviolet Photodetectors and Device Design[J]. Chinese journal of luminescence, 2009, 30(6): 824-831.DOI:
The influence of structure parameters on the performance of GaN Schottky barrier (n
-
-GaN /n
+
-GaN)ultraviolet photodetectors was investigated. The simulation results indicated that the performance can be improved by increasing the Schottky barrier height and decreasing the surface recombination velocity
thus
the quantum efficiency could be enhanced and the dark current could be rapidly reduced. It was also found that the quantum efficiency can be increased by increasing the thickness or the carrier concentration of n
-
-GaN layer
however
the dark current can be reduced by decreasing the thickness of n
-
-GaN layer. A good design of GaN Schottky barrier ultraviolet photodetector is proposed. Especially for the fabrication of GaN Schottky barrier ultraviolet photodetector with high quantum efficiency and low dark current
the Schottky barrier should be higher than 0.8 eV
the thickness of n
-
-GaN layer should be larger than 200 nm
the carrier concentration of n
-
-GaN layer should be around 1×10
17
cm
-3
and the surface recombination velocity should be lower than 1×10
7
cm/s.
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