%0 Journal Article
%A López, I.
%A Castaldini, A.
%A Cavallini, A.
%A Nogales Díaz, Emilio
%A Méndez Martín, María Bianchi
%A Piqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier
%T β-Ga₂O₃ nanowires for an ultraviolet light selective frequency photodetector
%D 2014
%@ 0022-3727
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35540
%X The behaviour of ß-Ga₂O₃ nanowires as photoconductive material in deep ultraviolet photodetectors to operate in the energy range 3.0-6.2 eV has been investigated. The nanowires were grown by a catalyst-free thermal evaporation method on gallium oxide substrates. Photocurrent measurements have been carried out on both undoped and Sn-doped Ga₂O₃  nanowires to evidence the influence of the dopant on the photodetector performances. The responsivity spectrum of single nanowires show maxima in the energy range 4.8-5.4 eV and a strong dependence on the pulse frequency of the excitation light has been observed for undoped nanowires. Our results show that the responsivity of beta- Ga₂O₃  nanowires can be controlled by tuning the chopper frequency of the excitation light and/ or by doping of the nanowires. Non-linear behavior in characteristic current-voltage curves has been observed for Ga₂O₃  : Sn nanowires. The mechanism leading to this behaviour has been discussed and related to space-charged-limited current effects. In addition, the responsivity achieved by doped nanowires at lower bias is higher than for undoped ones.
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