Abstract
AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor structures have been grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on semi-insulating 4H-SiC utilizing an AlN nucleation layer. The electron Hall mobility of these structures increases from 1050 cm 2/V s to greater than 1450 cm 2/V s when the Al/N flux ratio during the growth of the nucleation layer is increased from 0.90 to 1.07. Buffer leakage currents increase abruptly by nearly three orders of magnitude when the Al/N ratio increases from below to above unity. Transmission electron microscopy indicates that high buffer leakage is correlated with the presence of stacking faults in the nucleation layer and cubic phase GaN in the buffer, while low mobilities are correlated with high dislocation densities.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3786-3788 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 25 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)