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GaN PN-Structures Grown by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

A. E. Nikolaev ,
YU. V. Melnik ,
N. I. Kuznetsov ,
A. M. Strelchuk ,
A. P. Kovarsky ,
K. V. Vassilevski  and
V. A. Dmitriev
A. E. Nikolaev
Affiliation:
Crystal Growth Research Center, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia PhysTech-WBG Research Group, A.F. loffe Institute, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
YU. V. Melnik
Affiliation:
Crystal Growth Research Center, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia PhysTech-WBG Research Group, A.F. loffe Institute, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
N. I. Kuznetsov
Affiliation:
PhysTech-WBG Research Group, A.F. loffe Institute, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
A. M. Strelchuk
Affiliation:
PhysTech-WBG Research Group, A.F. loffe Institute, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
A. P. Kovarsky
Affiliation:
Mechanobr-Analyt, St. Petersburg, Russia
K. V. Vassilevski
Affiliation:
PhysTech-WBG Research Group, A.F. loffe Institute, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia TDI, Inc., Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
V. A. Dmitriev
Affiliation:
MSRCE, Howard University, Washington DC, 20059 USA TDI, Inc., Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Abstract

For the first time, GaN pn-junctions were fabricated by hydride vapor phase epitaxy. GaN pn-structures were grown directly on 6H-SiC substrates without any buffer layer. Undoped GaN layers were n-type with Nd-Na concentration ranged from 1×1017 to 5×1018 cm−3. Magnesium was used as an acceptor to grow p-type GaN layers. Mg atomic concentration determined by secondary ion mass spectroscopy ranged from 5×1019 to 5×1020 cm−3. As-grown GaN layers doped with Mg were p-type, and p-type conductivity was improved by post-growth anneal. Mesa diodes with a vertical current flow geometry were formed by reactive ion etching. The position of the GaN pn-junction was determined by the electron beam induced current method. The electrical characteristics of the pn diodes were studied. Electroluminescence from the pn diodes was measured.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 482 , 1997 , 251
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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