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Theoretical transport studies of {ital p}-type GaN/AlGaN modulation-doped heterostructures

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.123897· OSTI ID:336603
 [1];  [2]
  1. Center for Innovation in Learning, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 (United States)
  2. Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

We have calculated hole transfer and low-temperature mobilities in {ital p}-type GaN/AlGaN modulation-doped heterostructures. Although substantial {ital p}-type conduction is difficult to achieve in bulk nitrides, the strain-induced polarization field can greatly enhance the transfer of holes from relatively deep Mg acceptors in the AlGaN barrier into the GaN well. The calculations predict formation of a two-dimensional hole gas with densities greater than 10{sup 12} cm{sup {minus}2} and with low-temperature mobilities in excess of 10{sup 4} cm{sup 2}/Vthinsps. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}

OSTI ID:
336603
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 74; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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