Fabrication and Characterization of Gan Visible-blind Ultraviolet Avalanche Photodiodes
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iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those who provide me with the opportunity to complete this thesis. First, I would like to thank my advisor, Professor Shyh-Chiang Shen, for leading me into this fantastic world of III-nitride electronics, for providing me the intelligence and inspiration during my research, and for teaching me to take my own responsibility. I would like to thank Professors Russell D. Dupuis and Alan Doolittle for kindly serving on my reading committee.
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