Low resistance pd/ge ohmic contacts to epitaxially lifted-off n-type GaAs film

H. Fathollahnejad; R. Rajesh; Jingyue Liu; R. Droopad; G. N. Maracas; Ray Carpenter

doi:10.1007/BF02659724

Low resistance pd/ge ohmic contacts to epitaxially lifted-off n-type GaAs film

H. Fathollahnejad, R. Rajesh, Jingyue Liu, R. Droopad, G. N. Maracas, Ray Carpenter

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Abstract

A low resistance PdGe nonalloyed ohmic contact has been successfully formed to epitaxially lifted-off n-type GaAs films. The contact is made by lifting off partially metallized n-type GaAs films using the epitaxial lift-off method and bonding them to metallized Si substrates by natural intermolecular Van Der Waals forces. Low temperature sintering (200°C) of this contact results in metallurgical bonding and formation of the ohmic contact. We have measured specific contact resistances of 5 × 10^-5 Ω-cm₂ which is almost half the value obtained for pure Pd contacts. Germanium forms a degenerately doped heterojunction interfacial layer to GaAs. Our experimental results show that germanium diffuses to the interface and acts as a dopant layer to n-GaAs film surface. Therefore, for epitaxially lifted-off n-type GaAs films, PdGe is a low resistance ohmic metal contact to use.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	35-38
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Electronic Materials
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02659724
State	Published - Jan 1 1995

Keywords

Epitaxial lift-off (ELO) method
Pd/Ge ohmic contacts
n-type GaAs

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Materials Chemistry

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