• DocumentCode
    1307690
  • Title

    Integrity of III-V heterojunction interfaces under gamma irradiation

  • Author

    Subramanian, S. ; Sarkar, A. ; Ungier, L. ; Goodnick, S.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    12/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1862
  • Lastpage
    1869
  • Abstract
    Reliability of modern III-V semiconductor heterostructure devices meant for strong radiation environment depends upon the integrity of the hetero-interfaces under radiation. In this paper, we present some results of our investigation of a variety of heterojunction structures subjected to gamma irradiation up to 40 Mrads (Si) probed by Hall, C-V and photoluminescence measurements
  • Keywords
    Hall effect; III-V semiconductors; characteristics measurement; gamma-ray effects; p-n heterojunctions; photoluminescence; semiconductor device reliability; 0 to 40 Mrad; C-V measurements; Hall measurements; III-V heterojunction interfaces; gamma irradiation; photoluminescence measurements; reliability; semiconductor heterostructure devices; strong radiation environment; Atomic layer deposition; Atomic measurements; Capacitance-voltage characteristics; Epitaxial layers; Gallium arsenide; Heterojunctions; III-V semiconductor materials; Molecular beam epitaxial growth; Ohmic contacts; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.658954
  • Filename
    658954