“…Since then, various types of Al x Ga 1−x N-based PDs, particularly for photon detection in the solar-blind region (i.e., 230 to 280 nm), such as Schottky-type PDs [479][480][481] , metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) PDs [482][483][484][485][486] , HEMTs [487] , and p-i-n heterojunction PDs [488][489][490][491] , have been demonstrated. Among these, MSM-based PDs attract noteworthy attention, owing to their ease of fabrication, low stray capacitances, and high switching speed for monolithic integration on photonic circuits [480,492,493] . Another notable advantage of MSM-based PDs is that p-type doping of Al x Ga 1−x N is not necessary, putting it in dominance when compared to p-i-n structured PDs.…”