Published October 27, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Metal modulation epitaxy growth for extremely high hole concentrations above 1019 cm-3 in GaN

  • 1. Applied Research Center, Old Dominion University, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0250 (United States)
  • 3. Semiconductor Research Center, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435 (United States)

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The free hole carriers in GaN have been limited to concentrations in the low 1018 cm-3 range due to the deep activation energy, lower solubility, and compensation from defects, therefore, limiting doping efficiency to about 1%. Herein, we report an enhanced doping efficiency up to ∼10% in GaN by a periodic doping, metal modulation epitaxy growth technique. The hole concentrations grown by periodically modulating Ga atoms and Mg dopants were over ∼1.5x1019 cm-3

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Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
93
Journal Issue
17
Journal Page Range
p. 172112-172112.3
ISSN
0003-6951
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APPLAB

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(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics