Title
Low Voltage High-Energy α-Particle Detectors by GaN-on-GaN Schottky Diodes with Record-High Charge Collection Efficiency.
Abstract
A low voltage (-20 V) operating high-energy (5.48 MeV) alpha-particle detector with a high charge collection efficiency (CCE) of approximately 65% was observed from the compensated (7.7 x 10(14) /cm(3)) metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) grown 15 mu m thick drift layer gallium nitride (GaN) Schottky diodes on free-standing n+-GaN substrate. The observed CCE was 30% higher than the bulk GaN (400 mu m)-based Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) at -20 V. This is the first report of alpha-particle detection at 5.48 MeV with a high CCE at -20 V operation. In addition, the detectors also exhibited a three-times smaller variation in CCE (0.12 %/V) with a change in bias conditions from -120 V to -20 V. The dramatic reduction in CCE variation with voltage and improved CCE was a result of the reduced charge carrier density (CCD) due to the compensation by Mg in the grown drift layer (DL), which resulted in the increased depletion width (DW) of the fabricated GaN SBDs. The SBDs also reached a CCE of approximately 96.7% at -300 V.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3390/s19235107
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
high-energy alpha-particle detection,low voltage,thick depletion width detectors
Journal
19
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
23
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Abhinay Sandupatla100.34
S. Arulkumaran200.68
Kumud Ranjan300.34
Geok Ing Ng400.68
Peter P Murmu500.34
j kennedy601.01
Shugo Nitta700.34
Yoshio Honda800.34
Manato Deki900.34
Hiroshi Amano1001.01