UV/Near-IR dual band photodetector based on p-GaN/{\alpha}-In2Se3 heterojunction

TL;DR

This paper reports a dual band UV/Near-IR photodetector based on a heterojunction of p-GaN and {\

Contribution

It introduces a novel heterojunction device combining {\

Findings

Responsive at 365 nm and 850 nm with ~70 mA/W responsivity.

Fast transient response with no persistent photoconductivity.

High specific detectivity (~10^11 Jones at 365 nm).

Abstract

In this report, we demonstrate dual band vertical heterojunction photodetector realized by integrating {\alpha}-In2Se3 with p-type GaN. Flakes of ~ 110 nm thickness were exfoliated on MOCVD grown p-GaN on silicon substrate. Devices showed two distinct detection peaks in spectral responsivity, one at 365 nm and another at 850 nm, corresponding to band edges of GaN and {\alpha}-In2Se3 respectively, with considerable rejection in visible spectrum. Normalised responsivity values were found out to be ~70 mA/W at both 365 nm and 850 nm for the bias of -3V along with photo-to-dark current ratio of ~665 and ~75 in that order. The Devices also showed fast transient response with no persistent photoconductivity (PPC). The specific detectivity values estimated were ~10^11 Jones and ~10^10 Jones corresponding to illumination at 365 nm and 850 nm respectively. A good linearity of ~0.4 was observed in power dependent analysis of spectral responsivity at 365 nm. The device performance, post annealing was also studied. This study is expected to pave way for new type of optoelectronic devices by integrating direct bandgap layered material like {\alpha}-In2Se3 and wide bandgap semiconductors.