Electrical and optical properties of Mg-dopedAl 0.7Ga 0.3N alloys

M. L. Nakarmi, K. H. Kim, M. Khizar, Z. Y. Fan, J. Y. Lin, H. X. Jiang

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Abstract

Mg-doped Al 0.7Ga 0.3N epilayers (∼1 μm) were grown on an AlN/sapphire template by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition and the electrical and optical properties of these epilayers were studied. For optimized Mg-doped Al 0.7Ga 0.3N epilayers, we have obtained a resistivity around 10 5 Ω cm at room temperature and confirmed p-type conduction at elevated temperatures (> 700 K) with a resistivity of about 40 Ω cm at 800 K. From the temperature dependent Hall effect measurement, the activation energy of Mg acceptor is found to be around 400 meV for Al 0.7Ga 0.3N alloy. The optimized Mg-doped Al 0.7Ga 0.3N epilayers have been incorporated into the deep-ultraviolet (UV) (λ < 300 nm) light-emitting diode (LED) structures as an electron blocking layer. An enhancement in the performance of the UV LEDs was obtained. LEDs with peak emission wavelengths at 280 nm were fabricated with a circular geometry (300 μm disk diameter). Output power reached 0.35 mW at 20 mA and 1.1 mW at 150 mA dc current. The importance of Mg-doped Al 0.7Ga 0.3N alloys to suppress the long-wavelength emission components in deep-UV LEDs and the fundamental limit for achieving p-type Al-rich AlGaN alloys are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number092108
Pages (from-to)1-3
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume86
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 28 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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