Published October 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Effects of stoichiometry on the field emission from AlxGa1-xN

  • 1. University of Ulsan, Ulsan (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The stoichiometric dependence of the field emission from AlxGa1-xN is investigated. The material parameters of AlxGa1-xN are obtained as weighted averages of those of AlN and GaN. The obtained parameters are used to calculated the field emission current density j as a function of the stoichiometric composition x. The results for j show a strong dependence of the field emission on x, which reflects the x-dependences of the electron affinity and the carrier concentration. The field emission current density j increases with increasing x in the region of x≤ 0.4, but becomes constant for x > 0.4. In the saturated region, the carrier concentration is found to be a major factor in determining j from AlxGa1-xN

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of the Korean Physical Society
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
4
Series
21 refs, 5 figs
Journal Page Range
p. 708-712
ISSN
0374-4884

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
35028942
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
AFFINITY; ALUMINIUM NITRIDES; CURRENT DENSITY; ENERGY LEVELS; FIELD EMISSION; GALLIUM NITRIDES; STOICHIOMETRY
Descriptors DEC
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; EMISSION; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; NITRIDES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PNICTIDES