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Enhanced Responsivity of Solar Blind Ultraviolet Photodetector by PEALD Deposited Zn-Doped Ga2O3 Thin Films
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices IEEE Trans. Electron Devices Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on. 71(1):664-669 Jan, 2024
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Films
Zinc
Zinc oxide
II-VI semiconductor materials
Photonic band gap
Dark current
Plasmas
High sensitivity
plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD)
solar-blind photodetector (PD)
tunable ZnO cycle ratio
Zn-doped Ga₂O₃ film
Language
ISSN
0018-9383
1557-9646
Abstract
In this article, the tunable Zn-doped Ga2O3 films were obtained by introducing ZnO intercalation during the film deposition using plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD). The effect of the ZnO cycle ratio on the performance of solar-blind photodetectors (PDs) was first analyzed. Compared to the pure Ga2O3, an obviously enhanced performance of Zn-doped Ga2O3 films PDs was observed by the introduction of Zn dopants, especially photocurrent or responsivity, even if the light intensity is low. A high sensitivity of Zn-doped Ga2O3 PD has been achieved with superior photoelectric characteristics for an extremely low dark current of $2.22\times 10^{-{13}}$ A, an ultrahigh light ON/ OFF current ratio of $2.89\times 10^{{6}}$ , and a satisfactory responsivity of 104 mA/W when the ZnO cycle ratio is 5%. The above excellent results imply that the Zn-doped Ga2O3 PD can be greatly beneficial to the application in deep-ultraviolet (DUV) detection.