Title :
Characterization of p- and n-type GaN thin films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy
Author :
Radzali, Rosfariza ; Zainal, Norzaini ; Kwong, Yam Fong ; Hassan, Zainuriah
Author_Institution :
Nano-Optoelectron. Res. & Technol. Lab., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia
Abstract :
III-Nitrides semiconductor compound has been well recognized and become potential material for optoelectronics device applications as it has superior properties such as large and direct band gap, high-saturation velocity and high breakdown field [1]. High quality III-Nitrides materials have been grown by various methods and molecular beam technique (MBE) has become one of the leading growth techniques for nitrides as it offers possibility of in-situ monitoring of the growth process. This is demonstrated by the possible of various optoelectronic devices such as LED, photodetector and solar cells [2, 3]. Nevertheless, there are still issues in the growth process of nitrides material, particularly in producing highly conductive p-type doping in GaN. This is due to deep acceptor level of Mg atoms and also the solubility limit of Mg in GaN [4] that leads to high resistivity and low mobility.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MOCVD; X-ray diffraction; gallium compounds; magnesium; molecular beam epitaxial growth; photoluminescence; semiconductor doping; semiconductor epitaxial layers; semiconductor growth; silicon; wide band gap semiconductors; Al2O3; GaN:Mg; GaN:Si; III-nitride semiconductor compound; LED; direct band gap; growth process; high breakdown field; high resistivity; high-saturation velocity; in-situ monitoring; low mobility; n-type semiconductor; optoelectronics device; p-type semiconductor; photodetector; plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy; potential material; solar cells; solubility; superior properties; thin films; Doping; Gallium nitride; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Science and Nanotechnology (ESciNano), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Johor Bahru
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0799-5
DOI :
10.1109/ESciNano.2012.6149670