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    Journals >Photonics Research >Volume 8 >Issue 7 >Page 1243 > Article
    • Photonics Research
    • Vol. 8, Issue 7, 1243 (2020)
    Polarization-enhanced AlGaN solar-blind ultraviolet detectors
    Ke Jiang1,2, Xiaojuan Sun1,2,6,*, Zi-Hui Zhang1,3, Jianwei Ben1,2,5..., Jiamang Che3, Zhiming Shi1,2, Yuping Jia1,2, Yang Chen1,2, Shanli Zhang1,2, Wei Lv1,4 and Dabing Li1,2,7,*|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 2Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Electronic Materials and Devices of Tianjin, School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials, Ministry of Education, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China
  • 5Current Address: College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China
  • 6e-mail: sunxj@ciomp.ac.cn
  • 7e-mail: lidb@ciomp.ac.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.392041 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ke Jiang, Xiaojuan Sun, Zi-Hui Zhang, Jianwei Ben, Jiamang Che, Zhiming Shi, Yuping Jia, Yang Chen, Shanli Zhang, Wei Lv, Dabing Li, "Polarization-enhanced AlGaN solar-blind ultraviolet detectors," Photonics Res. 8, 1243 (2020) Copy Citation Text show less
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