Correlation of a generation-recombination center with a deep level trap in GaN

We report on the identification of a deep level trap centre which contributes to generation-recombination noise. A n-GaN epilayer, grown by MOCVD on sapphire, was measured by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and noise spectroscopy. DLTS found 3 well documented deep levels at E[subscript c] −...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, X. S., Lin, K., Zhang, Z., McSkimming, B., Arehart, A. R., Speck, J. S., Ringel, S. A., Fitzgerald, Eugene A., Chua, S. J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics (AIP) 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102993
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1891-1959
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Summary:We report on the identification of a deep level trap centre which contributes to generation-recombination noise. A n-GaN epilayer, grown by MOCVD on sapphire, was measured by deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and noise spectroscopy. DLTS found 3 well documented deep levels at E[subscript c] − 0.26 eV, E[subscript c] − 0.59 eV, and E[subscript c] − 0.71 eV. The noise spectroscopy identified a generation recombination centre at E[subscript c] − 0.65 ± 0.1 eV with a recombination lifetime of 65 μs at 300 K. This level is considered to be the same as the one at E[subscript c] − 0.59 eV measured from DLTS, as they have similar trap densities and capture cross section. This result shows that some deep levels contribute to noise generation in GaN materials.