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  • Titel: Improved ultraviolet emission from reduced defect gallium nitride homojunctions grown on step-free 4H-SiC mesas
  • Beteiligte: Caldwell, Joshua D.; Mastro, Michael A.; Hobart, Karl D.; Glembocki, Orest J.; Eddy, Charles R.; Bassim, Nabil D.; Holm, R. T.; Henry, Richard L.; Twigg, Mark E.; Kub, Fritz; Neudeck, Phillip G.; Trunek, Andrew J.; Powell, J. Anthony
  • Erschienen: AIP Publishing, 2006
  • Erschienen in: Applied Physics Letters, 88 (2006) 26
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.2218045
  • ISSN: 0003-6951; 1077-3118
  • Schlagwörter: Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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  • Beschreibung: We previously reported 100-fold reductions in III-N heterofilm threading dislocation density achieved via growth on top of (0001) 4H-SiC mesas completely free of atomic scale steps. This letter compares the electroluminescent (EL) output of GaN pn junctions grown on top of 4H-SiC mesas with and without such steps. An average of 49% enhancement of the ultraviolet luminescence (380nm) was observed in step-free mesas over comparable “stepped” counterparts. Despite the intense EL from the step-free devices, significant leakage was observed through the periphery of the device, possibly due to the lack of GaN junction isolation processing.