Photoconductive transients and responsivity in a GaN p-n UV photodetector under different applied voltages are investigated at room temperature. The electron mobility of minority carriers in the p-GaN epilayer has been measured by a diffusion time-of-flight technique, and was found to be about 0.12 cm 2 V −1 s −1 with the bias between 1 V and 12 V. The difference of the electron mobilities between the minority carriers in p-GaN and the majority carriers in n-GaN is explained by different scattering mechanisms. The neutral impurity and phonon scattering mechanisms dominate the minority electron mobility in p-GaN. The photoconductive responsivity increases nearly linearly at low voltage and saturates at about 10 V, corresponding to a saturation field of approximately 3.7 × 10 4 V cm −1 . The implication of these results for applications of GaN UV detectors is also discussed.
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