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Thermal stability of {sup 2}H-implanted {ital n}- and {ital p}-type GaN

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.122324· OSTI ID:659290
 [1];  [2];  [3]; ;  [4]
  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)
  2. Consultant, Stevenson Ranch, California 91381 (United States)
  3. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina 27709 (United States)
  4. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)

Implantation of {sup 2}H{sup +} into {ital n}- and {ital p}-type GaN creates high resistivity material in which the resistance displays activation energies of 0.8 and 0.9 eV, respectively. Annealing at 500thinsp{degree}C restores the initial, preimplanted resistance of the n-GaN, due to removal of the deep trap states created by the ion stopping. By contrast, in {ital p}-type GaN annealing at 500thinsp{degree}C produces motion of the implanted deuterium and formation of Mg{endash}H complexes that keep the resistance high. About 20{percent} of the deuterium remains in n-GaN even after annealing at 1200thinsp{degree}C, where it decorates the residual implant damage. In {ital p}-type GaN all of the deuterium is evolved from the crystal by 1000thinsp{degree}C. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

OSTI ID:
659290
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 73; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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