• 文献标题:   High detectivity visible-blind SiF4 grown epitaxial graphene/SiC Schottky contact bipolar phototransistor
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHAVA VSN, BARKER BG, BALACHANDRAN A, KHAN A, SIMIN G, GREYTAK AB, CHANDRASHEKHAR MVS
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ South Carolina
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.5009003
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We report the performance of a bipolar epitaxial graphene (EG)/p-SiC/n(+)-SiC UV phototransistor fabricated with a Schottky (EG)/SiC junction grown using a SiF4 precursor. The phototransistor showed responsivity as high as 25 A/W at 250 nm in the Schottky emitter (SE) mode. The Schottky collector (SC) mode showed a responsivity of 17 A/W at 270 nm with a visible rejection (270nm:400nm)>10(3). The fastest response was seen in the SC-mode, with 10 ms turn-on and 47 ms turn-off, with a noise equivalent power of 2.3 fW at 20 Hz and a specific detectivity of 4.4 x 10(13) Jones. The high responsivity is due to internal gain from bipolar action. We observe additional avalanche gain from the device periphery in the SC-mode by scanning photocurrent microscopy but not in the SE-mode. This high-performance visible-blind photodetector is attractive for advanced applications such as flame detection. Published by AIP Publishing.