• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 6, 060401 (2018)
Xingye Zhou, Jia Li, Weili Lu, Yuangang Wang, Xubo Song, Shunzheng Yin, Xin Tan, Yuanjie Lü*, Hongyu Guo, Guodong Gu, and Zhihong Feng**
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  • National Key Laboratory of ASIC, Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201816.060401 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Xingye Zhou, Jia Li, Weili Lu, Yuangang Wang, Xubo Song, Shunzheng Yin, Xin Tan, Yuanjie Lü, Hongyu Guo, Guodong Gu, Zhihong Feng. Large-area 4H-SiC avalanche photodiodes with high gain and low dark current for visible-blind ultraviolet detection[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(6): 060401 Copy Citation Text show less
    Structure of our fabricated 4H-SiC APDs. (a) Schematic cross-section of the 4H-SiC APDs; (b) profile of the beveled mesa, where the top-view image of one fabricated 4H-SiC APD with 600 μm diameter is shown in the inset.
    Fig. 1. Structure of our fabricated 4H-SiC APDs. (a) Schematic cross-section of the 4H-SiC APDs; (b) profile of the beveled mesa, where the top-view image of one fabricated 4H-SiC APD with 600 μm diameter is shown in the inset.
    Dark current of fabricated large-area 4H-SiC APDs. (a) Comparison of dark current with and without passivation; (b) dark current of fabricated APDs with various sizes.
    Fig. 2. Dark current of fabricated large-area 4H-SiC APDs. (a) Comparison of dark current with and without passivation; (b) dark current of fabricated APDs with various sizes.
    I–V measurements of the fabricated 4H-SiC APD with 600 μm diameter, where the multiplication gain is calculated.
    Fig. 3. IV measurements of the fabricated 4H-SiC APD with 600 μm diameter, where the multiplication gain is calculated.
    Spectral response characteristics and external quantum efficiency of fabricated 4H-SiC APD with 600 μm diameter.
    Fig. 4. Spectral response characteristics and external quantum efficiency of fabricated 4H-SiC APD with 600 μm diameter.
    Performance of the fabricated large-area 4H-SiC APD compared with the previously reported devices. (a) Comparison of multiplication gain; (b) comparison of dark current at the gain of 1000.
    Fig. 5. Performance of the fabricated large-area 4H-SiC APD compared with the previously reported devices. (a) Comparison of multiplication gain; (b) comparison of dark current at the gain of 1000.
    Xingye Zhou, Jia Li, Weili Lu, Yuangang Wang, Xubo Song, Shunzheng Yin, Xin Tan, Yuanjie Lü, Hongyu Guo, Guodong Gu, Zhihong Feng. Large-area 4H-SiC avalanche photodiodes with high gain and low dark current for visible-blind ultraviolet detection[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2018, 16(6): 060401
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