Abstract:
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) provides an effective approach to further improve the performance of photodetectors. In this work, we introduce the Al nanoparticles (Al-NPs) on the surface of β-Ga
2O
3 thin film by rapid thermal annealing in order to improve the performance of β-Ga
2O
3 solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors Al nanoparticles arrays, which can not only decrease the dark current but also enhance the responsivity and specific detectivity. As a result, the responsivity of β-Ga
2O
3-based metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors with Al-NPs can reach 2.7 A/W, and the specific detectivity can reach 1.35×10
14 cm·Hz
1/2·W
-1 under the 254 nm radiation and 10 V bias. Both parameters are more than 1.5 times and 2 times higher than those without Al nanoparticles, respectively.