Leakage current reduction by thermal oxidation in Ni/Au Schottky contacts on lattice-matched Ino.18Al0.82N/GaN heterostructures

By using temperature-dependent current-voltage, variable-frequency capacitance-voltage, and Hall measurements, the effects of the thermal oxidation on the electrical properties of Ni/Au Schottky contacts on lattice-matched Ino.18Alo.82N/GaN heterostructures are investigated. Decrease of the reverse leakage current down to six orders of magni- tude is observed after the thermal oxidation of the Ino.18Alo.82N/GaN heterostructures at 700 ℃. It is confirmed that the reverse leakage current is dominated by the Frenkel-Poole emission, and the main origin of the leakage current is the emis- sion of electrons from a trap state near the metal/semiconductor interface into a continuum of electronic states associated with the conductive dislocations in the InxAll-xN barrier. It is believed that the thermal oxidation results in the formation of a thin oxide layer on the InxAll-xN surface, which increases the electron emission barrier height.     

高Al组分AlxGa1-xN薄膜的弹性-塑性力学性质

采用纳米压痕方法,研究了AlN/sphire模板上的高Al组分AlxGa1-xN薄膜的力学性质,特别是弹性-塑性转变行为.研究表明,AlxGa1-xN薄膜的杨氏模量E随着Al组分的增加而增大,薄膜中产生塑性形变所必要的剪切应力也随着Al组分的增加而增大.在AlxGa1-xN薄膜纳米压痕实验中,观察到位移不连续的跳断("pop-in")行为,并且发现"pop-in"行为强烈依赖于Al组分,Al组分的增加导致这种行为的减少.我们认为随着Al组分的增加,AlxGa1-xN中键能的增强和由于AlxGa1-xN与AlN/sapphire模板之间晶格失配减少这两个因素增加了AlxGa1-xN中新位错形成的阻力,从而导致了AlxGa1-xN薄膜中的"pop-in"行为随Al组分增加而减少.     

Anomalous temperature-dependent photoluminescence peak energy in InAIN alloys

InA1N has been studied by means of temperature-dependent time-integrated photoluminescence and time-resolved photoluminescence. The variation of PL peak energy did not follow the behavior predicted by Varshni formula, and a faster redshift with increasing temperature was observed. We used a model that took account of the thermal activation and thermal transfer of localized excitons to describe and explain the observed behavior. A good fitting to the experiment result is obtained. We believe the anomalous temperature dependence of PL peak energy shift can be attributed to the temperature-dependent redistribution of localized excitons induced by thermal activation and thermal transfer in the strongly localized states. V-shaped defects are thought to be a major factor causing the strong localized states in our ln0.153Al0.847N sample.     

InAlN材料表面态性质研究

运用电流-电压(I-V), 变频电容-电压(C-V)和原子力显微镜 (AFM) 技术研究In组分分别为15%, 17%和21%的Ni/Au/-InAlN肖特基二极管InAlN 样品表面态性质 (表面态密度、时间常数和相对于InAlN 导带底的能级位置). I-V和变频 C-V方法测量得到的实验结果表明, 随着In组分增加, 肖特基势垒高度逐渐降低, 表面态密度依次增加. 变频 C-V特性还表明,随着测试频率降低, C-V曲线有序地朝正电压方向移动, 该趋势随着In组分的增加而变得更加明显, 这可能归结于InAlN表面态的空穴发射. AFM表面形貌研究揭示InAlN 表面粗糙度增加可能是表面态密度增加的主要原因. 关键词： 不同In组分的InAlN材料 表面态 电流-电压特性 变频电容-电压特性     

Different temperature dependence of carrier transport properties between AlxGal-xN/InyGal-yN/GaN and Alx Gal-xN/GaN heterostruct ures

The temperature dependence of carrier transport properties of Alx Gal-xN/InyGal-yN/CaN and AlzGal-xN/GaN heterostructures has been investigated. It is shown that the Hall mobility in Alo.25Gao.75N/Ino.03Gao.97N/GaN heterostructures is higher than that in Alo.25Gao.75N/GaN heterostructures at temperatures above 500 K, even the mobility in the former is much lower than that in the latter at 300 K. More importantly, the electron sheet density in Alo.25Gao.75N/Ino.03Gao.97N/GaN heterostructures decreases slightly, whereas the electron sheet density in Al0.25Gao.75N/CaN heterostructures gradually increases with increasing temperature above 500 K. It is believed that an electron depletion layer is formed due to the negative polarization charges at the Iny Can-yN/GaN heterointerface induced by the compressive strain in the InyCal-yN channel, which effectively suppresses the parallel conductivity originating from the thermal excitation in the underlying GaN layer at high temperatures.     

The leakage current mechanisms in the Schottky diode with a thin Al layer insertion between Al0.245Ga0.755N/GaN heterostructure and Ni/Au Schottky contact

This paper investigates the behaviour of the reverse-bias leakage current of the Schottky diode with a thin Al inserting layer inserted between Al0.245Ga0.755 N/GaN heterostructure and Ni/Au Schottky contact in the temperature range of 25-350°C. It compares with the Schottky diode without Aluminium inserting layer. The experimental results show that in the Schottky diode with Al layer the minimum point of I-V curve drifts to the minus voltage, and with the increase of temperature increasing, the minimum point of I-V curve returns the 0 point. The temperature dependence of gate-leakage currents in the novelty diode and the traditional diode are studied. The results show that the Al inserting layer introduces interface states between metal and Al0.245Ga0.755N. Aluminium reacted with oxygen formed Al2O3 insulator layer which suppresses the trap tunnelling current and the trend of thermionic field emission current. The reliability of the diode at the high temperature is improved by inserting a thin Al layer.     

高Al组分AlxGa1-xN薄膜的弹性-塑性力学性质

采用纳米压痕方法,研究了AlN/sphire模板上的高Al组分AlxGa1-xN薄膜的力学性质,特别是弹性-塑性转变行为.研究表明,AlxGa1-xN薄膜的杨氏模量E随着Al组分的增加而增大,薄膜中产生塑性形变所必要的剪切应力也随着Al组分的增加而增大.在AlxGa1-xN薄膜纳米压痕实验中,观察到位移不连续的跳断("pop-in")行为,并且发现"pop-in"行为强烈依赖于Al组分,Al组分的增加导致这种行为的减少.我们认为随着Al组分的增加,AlxGa1-xN中键能的增强和由于AlxGa1-xN与AlN/sapphire模板之间晶格失配减少这两个因素增加了AlxGa1-xN中新位错形成的阻力,从而导致了AlxGa1-xN薄膜中的"pop-in"行为随Al组分增加而减少.     

GaN1-xPx三元合金的红外谱

对GaN1-xPx三元合金进行了红外谱的测试和拟合.分析结果表明在GaN1-xPx三元合金中存在两个彼此竞争的机制制约着载流子浓度的变化.一个是来自等电子陷阱的影响,它将减少三元合金中载流子的浓度;另一个来自缺陷的影响,它将增加三元合金中载流子的浓度.对合金介电函数的倒数的虚部进行了计算,其结果显示,随着合金中P组分比的增加,纵向光学声子-等离激元(LPP)耦合模式向高频方向移动,同时LPP模式线宽逐渐增宽,说明随着合金中P组分比的增加,LPP模式的耦合作用增加,阻尼增强.     

InAlN合金光致发光峰位能量随温度的异常变化

采用变温的时间积分和时间分辨光致发光方法来研究InAlN的光学性质,随着温度的升高,InAlN合金光致发光峰位能量随温度的变化不是遵循Varshni 公式所预期的变化,而是出现快速红移的现象。我们采用载流子的热激活和热转移模型来拟合了光致发光峰位能量随温度的变化,拟合结果和实验结果符合较好。我们认为峰位随温度的异常变化是由于载流子在深局域态之间的转移造成的,薄膜生长过程中产生的V型缺陷是造成In_0.153Al_0.847N薄膜中出现强局域态的主要原因。     

极化电场对AlxGa1-xN/GaN双量子阱中子带间跃迁的光学性质的影响

用自洽计算的方法研究了极化电场对AlxGa1-xN/GaN双量子阱中子带间跃迁的光学性质和电子分布的影响.发现极化场会导致电压降的出现,从而使得结构对称的AlxGa1-xN/GaN双量子阱具有不对称的导带和价带.极化效应还会使奇数序和偶数序的子带之间发生很大的Stark平移,从而使第一奇数序和第二偶数序子带之间的跃迁波长变短,这将有利于实现工作在通信窗口的光电子器件.同时,由于导带分布的不对称性,电子分布也不对称,从而会影响吸收系数.