Solar-blind AlGaN 256×256 p-i-n detectors and focal plane arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6119, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Reine, M B ^e   Hairston, A ^e   Lamarre, P ^e   Wong, K K ^e   Tobin, S P ^e   Sood, A K ^e   Cooke, C ^e   Pophristic, M ^a   Guo, S ^a   Peres, B ^a   Singh, R ^b   Eddy Jr , C R ^b   Chowdhury, U ^c   Wong, M M ^c   Dupuis, R D ^c   Li, T ^d   DenBaars, S P ^d  

^a EMCORE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

AlGaN; GaN; Solar blind detectors; UV detectors; UV Focal Plane Arrays; UV photodiodes

Indexed keywords

ALGAN; SOLAR-BLIND DETECTORS; UV FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; UV PHOTODIODES;

ARRAYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MULTILAYERS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; THIN FILMS;

PHOTODETECTORS; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

EID: 33646707299     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.653645     Document Type: Conference Paper

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