Polarization-enhanced AlGaN solar-blind ultraviolet detectors

Ke Jiang; Xiaojuan Sun; Zi-Hui Zhang; Jianwei Ben; Jiamang Che; Zhiming Shi; Yuping Jia; Yang Chen; Shanli Zhang; Wei Lv; Dabing Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.392041

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