Two-dimensional electron gas transport anisotropy in N-polar GaN/AlGaN heterostructures

Abstract

Magnetic-field dependent Hall-effect measurements and mobility spectrum analysis were employed to study anisotropic transport in N-polar GaN/Al0.3Ga0.7N heterostructures grown on vicinal sapphire substrates. The significant anisotropy in the mobility in the parallel and perpendicular directions to the miscut direction was accompanied by a slight anisotropy in charge density. A single electron species was found in the direction parallel to the steps resulting from growth on the vicinal substrates; while in the perpendicular direction two distinct electrons peaks were evident at T≤150 K. The lower average mobility in the perpendicular direction is attributed to interface roughness scattering.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 30, 2011
Source ID
10.1063/1.3595341

Entities

People

  • B. D. Nener
  • David F. Brown
  • G. A. Umana-membreno
  • G. Parish
  • L. Faraone
  • S. Kolluri
  • Sallie Ann Keller
  • T. B. Fehlberg
  • Umesh K. Mishra

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • University of California
  • University of Western Australia

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Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene