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Deep Level Defects in GaN Characterized by Capacitance Transient Spectroscopies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

W. Gütz
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
N. M. Johnson
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
R. A. Street
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
H. Amano
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
I. Akasaki
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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Abstract

Electronic defects in MOCVD-grown n-type GaN were characterized by conventional deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and by photoemission capacitance transient spectroscopy (O-DLTS) performed on Schottky diodes. With DLTS two deep levels were detected with thermal activation energies for electron emission to the conduction band of 0.16 eV and 0.44 eV. With O-DLTS we demonstrate four new deep levels with optical threshold energies for electron photoemission of ∼ 0.87 eV, 0.97 eV, 1.25 eV and 1.45 eV. The O-DLTS apparatus and the measurement are discussed in detail. We also report characterization of the Au-GaN barrier height of the Schottky diode by internal photoemission.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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