Monolithic multichannel ultraviolet detector arrays and continuous phase evolution in MgxZn1−xO composition spreads
- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 94 (11) , 7336-7340
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1623923
Abstract
We have fabricated Mg x Zn 1−x O epitaxial composition spreads where the composition across the chip is linearly varied from ZnO to MgO. By using a scanning x-ray microdiffractometer and transmission electron microscopy, we have mapped the phase evolution across the spread. We have discovered a unique growth relationship between cubic and hexagonal Mg x Zn 1−x O where their basal planes are coincident in the phase-separated region of the phase diagram where 0.37⩽x⩽0.6. The continuously changing band gap across the spread is used as a basis for compact broadband photodetector arrays with a range of detection wavelengths separately active at different locations on the spread film. The composition-spread photodetector is demonstrated in the wavelength range of 290–380 nm using the ZnO to Mg 0.4 Zn 0.6 O region of the spread.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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