Enhanced spectral response of an AlGaN-based solar-blind ultraviolet photodetector with Al nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 24286-24293

  Bao, Guanghong ^a,b   Li, Dabing ^a   Sun, Xiaojuan ^a   Jiang, Mingming ^a   Li, Zhiming ^a   Song, Hang ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Chen, Yiren ^a   Miao, Guoqing ^a   Zhang, Zhiwei ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CALCULATION RESULTS; ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); SCATTERING EFFECTS; SOLAR BLIND ULTRAVIOLET;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84907704722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.024286     Document Type: Article

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