• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.252-256
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• 2016

Epitaxially grown GaN layers have a high surface state density, which typically results in a surface leakage current and a photoresponse in undesirable wavelengths in GaN optoelectronic devices. Surface passivation is, therefore, an important process necessary to prevent performance degradation of GaN UV photodetectors. In this study, we propose oxygen-enhanced thermal treatment as a simple surface passivation process without capping layers. The GaN UV photodetector fabricated using a thermal annealing process exhibits improved electrical and photoresponsive characteristics such as a reduced dark current and an enhanced photoresponsive current and UV-to-visible rejection ratio. The results of this study show that the proposed surface passivation method would be useful to enhance the reliability of GaN-based optoelectronic devices.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.717-720
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• 2003

Heavily $p^{ ＋}$-typed ($10^{20}$ $cm^{-3}$ ) GaAs epilayers have been grown on high-index GaAs substrates with various crystallographic orientations from (100) to (111)A by a low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. Carbon (C) tetrabromide (CBr$_4$) was used as a C source. At moderate growth temperatures and high V/III ratios, the hole concentration of C-doped GaAs epilayers shows the crystallographic orientation dependence. The bonding strength of As sites on a growing surface plays an important role in the C incorporation into the high-index GaAs substrates.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.73-77
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• 2014

To investigate the effect of metal back-reflective layers (MBLs) on the performance of GaAs solar cells, we fabricated GaAs solar cells on Al and Ag metal layers using the transfer printing technique. We also investigated the effect of MBL texturing on the performance of transfer printed GaAs solar cells. Transfer printed solar cells with MBLs exhibited improved photovoltaic performance compared to solar cells without MBLs due to light trapping. We demonstrated GaAs solar cells with MBLs on a flexible substrate and performed systematic bending tests. All the measured characteristics of solar cells showed little change in performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.148-149
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• 2006

Capacitance-voltage(C-V) 측정평가를 통하여 ZnO/GaN 이종접합구조의 전기적인 특성을 조사한다. 실온에서 10kHz의 주파수에서 얻은 ZnO/GaN의 이종접합구조에 대한 C-V 측정결과는 이종접합계면에서 고밀도의 전자가 축적되어 있음을 나타낸다. 이것은 ZnO/GaN 이종접합계면의 다른 재료에서 볼 수 없는 큰 전도대불연속에 기인한 것인데, 각각의 층의 전도도을 제어함으로 이종접합계면에 축적되는 전자밀도를 ${\sim}10^{19}cm^{-3}$까지 증가시킬 수 있다. 따라서 ZnO/GaN 이종접합구조는 이종접합(合)트래지스터로서 유망한 재료로 판단된다.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.152-156
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• 2019

An ultraviolet (UV) image sensor is an extremely important optoelectronic device used in scientific and medical applications because it can detect images that cannot be obtained using visible or infrared image sensors. Because photodetectors and transistors are based on different materials, conventional UV imaging devices, which have a hybrid-type structure, require additional complex processes such as a backside etching of a GaN epi-wafer and a wafer-to-wafer bonding for the fabrication of the image sensors. In this study, we developed a monolithic GaN UV passive pixel sensor (PPS) by integrating a GaN-based Schottky-barrier type transistor and a GaN UV photodetector on a wafer. Both individual devices show good electrical and photoresponse characteristics, and the fabricated UV PPS was successfully operated under UV irradiation conditions with a high on/off extinction ratio of as high as $10^3$. This integration technique of a single pixel sensor will be a breakthrough for the development of GaN-based optoelectronic integrated circuits.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.1720-1725
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• 2015

The performance of the AlGaN/GaN MSM-2DEG varactor with different dielectric films deposited by the E-beam deposition is investigated in detail. The capacitance swing and the capacitance ratio of the varactor without dielectric film as well as with, SiO₂, Gd₂O₃, and Si₃N₄ films, respectively, are determined by electrodes of varying areas. The maximum capacitance, the minimum capacitance and the capacitance ratios are proportional to the increasing of the electrode areas. The capacitance ratio determined by the maximum and the minimum capacitance is found to be 18.35 (with Si₃N₄ dielectric film) and 149.51 (without dielectric film), respectively. The transition voltages of the fabricated varactors are almost the same for a bias voltage of about ±5 V and leakage current can be lower three orders of magnitude while the varactors with dielectric films. The tunability of the capacitance ratio makes the AlGaN/GaN MSM-2DEG varactor with a dielectric film highly useful in multirange applications of a surge free preamplier.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.525-526
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• 2009

we investigated the effect of rapid thermal annealing (RTA) temperature on photoluminescence (PL) of 635 nm InGaP/InGaAlP multiple quantum well structure. RTA is performed with the quantum well structure with 5.5 nm of well width. The highest PL peak intensity is shown at 1 min. of RTA at $720^{\circ}C$ sample as 3 times higher as compared to the as-grown sample. The effect may be assigned to an expected reduction in number of nonradiative recombination centers in the quantum well.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.457-461
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• 1996

HVPE(hydride vapor phase epitaxy)법을 이용하여 C(0001)면의 사파이어 기판위에 GaN 박막을 성장하였다. 110$0^{\circ}C$의 온도에서 박막의 성장률은 120$\mu\textrm{m}$/hr이었고, 사파이어 기판과 GaN사이의 격자상수와 열팽창계수차로 인하여 많은 크랙이 존재하였다. 두께가 20$\mu\textrm{m}$인 GaN의 (0002)면에 대한 X-선 회절피크의 반치폭은 576초 이었다. 10K의 온도에서 측정된 광루미네센스 스펙트럼에서는 강한 강도의 속박여기자에 의한 피크(I2)와 약한 강도의 도너-억셉터 쌍 사이의 재결합에 의한 피크가 나타났으며, 깊은 준위로부터의 발광은 검출되지 않았다. GaN 박막의 전기전도형은 n형 이었고, 전자이동도와 캐리어농도는 각각 72$\textrm{cm}^2$/V-sec와 6x1018cm-3이었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.85-86
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• 2006

Single crystal $AgGaSe_2$ layers were grown on thoroughly etched semi-insulating GaAs(100) substrate at $420^{\circ}C$ with hot wall epitaxy (HWE) system by evaporating $AgGaSe_2$ source at $630^{\circ}C$. The crystalline structure of the single crystal thin films was investigated by the photoluminescence and double crystal X-ray diffraction (DCXD). The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the $AgGaSe_2$ obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation, $E_g(T)=19501 eV-(879{\times}10^{-4} eV/K)T^2/(T+250 K)$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.96-97
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• 2008

Single crystal $AgGaSe_2$ layers were grown on thoroughly etched semi-insulating GaAs(100) substrate at 420 $^{\circ}C$ with hot wall epitaxy (HWE) system by evaporating $AgGaSe_2$ source at 630 $^{\circ}C$. The crystalline structure of the single crystal thin films was investigated by the photoluminescence and double crystal X-ray diffraction (DCXD). The carrier density and mobility of single crystal $AgGaSe_2$ thin films measured with Hall effect by van def Pauw method are $9.24\times10^{16}cm^{-3}$ and 295 $cm^2/V{\cdot}s$ at 293 K, respectively.