Neutron detection performance of gallium nitride based semiconductors

Gallium Nitride-Based Chemical Sensors

The rapid progress in semiconductor materials and devices has promoted the development of the sensors industry. Large band gap semiconductors are ideal candidates for a variety of sensor applications. In particular, gallium nitride (GaN) is used as the sensing element for the development of chemical sensors. The recognition mechanism is based on the selective interaction of anions in solution w...

Neutron irradiation effects on metal-gallium nitride contacts

Gallium nitride micromechanical resonators for IR detection

This paper reports on a novel technology for low-noise un-cooled detection of infrared (IR) radiation using a combination of piezoelectric, pyroelectric, electrostrictive, and resonant effects. The architecture consists of a parallel array of high-Q gallium nitride (GaN) micro-mechanical resonators coated with an IR absorbing nanocomposite. The nanocomposite absorber converts the IR energy into...

Gallium Nitride Photoconductive Detectors

Since 1994, the Applied Physics Laboratory has been collaborating with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to develop photodetectors based on gallium nitride and aluminum gallium nitride material produced in the Milton S. Eisenhower Research and Technology Development Center. This article describes the results of our collaboration and highlights the development of gallium nitride photodetectors wi...

Ultralow wear of gallium nitride