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Thermal conductivity of bulk GaN—Effects of oxygen, magnesium doping, and strain field compensation

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4901967· OSTI ID:22392009
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  1. Center for Device Thermography and Reliability, H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL (United Kingdom)

The effect of oxygen doping (n-type) and oxygen (O)-magnesium (Mg) co-doping (semi-insulating) on the thermal conductivity of ammonothermal bulk GaN was studied via 3-omega measurements and a modified Callaway model. Oxygen doping was shown to significantly reduce thermal conductivity, whereas O-Mg co-doped GaN exhibited a thermal conductivity close to that of undoped GaN. The latter was attributed to a decreased phonon scattering rate due the compensation of impurity-generated strain fields as a result of dopant-complex formation. The results have great implications for GaN electronic and optoelectronic device applications on bulk GaN substrates.

OSTI ID:
22392009
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 105; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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