ZnO ultraviolet photodetectors grown via thermal oxidation of Zn-metal on glass and sapphire substrates

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7940, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Moore, J C ^a   Covington, L R ^a   Foster, R L ^b   Gee, E J ^b   Jones, M R ^b   Morris, S A ^b  

^a Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

photodetector; photoluminescence; sapphire; thermal oxidation; ultraviolet; UV; Zinc oxide; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; C-PLANE SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; DEEP LEVEL; DEEP LEVEL EMISSION; EMISSION INTENSITY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GREEN EMISSIONS; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; METAL FILM; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINE ZINC OXIDES; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; RED SHIFT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; THERMAL OXIDATION; THERMAL-ANNEALING; ULTRA-VIOLET PHOTODETECTORS; ULTRAVIOLET; UV; UV BANDS; UV PHOTODETECTORS; ZNO; ZNO FILMS;

ALUMINUM COATINGS; ANNEALING; GLASS; METAL ANALYSIS; METALLIC FILMS; METALS; OHMIC CONTACTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; OXIDATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 79955068671     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.873837     Document Type: Conference Paper

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