Metal-semiconductor-metal solar blind ultraviolet photodetectors have been fabricated using both BGaN-GaN and BGaN-AlN superlattices as active layers. A high internal gain (up to 3 × 10 4 for optical power in the nW range) is obtained with a highly reduced dark current thanks to the boron incorporation. In the high optical power regime (W range), the time response is in the nanosecond range, which is much smaller than that of GaNand ZnO-based ultraviolet photodetectors. Moreover, the boron incorporation in GaN material allows the tuning of the cutoff wavelength.
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