Abstract
The presence of a 2D electron gas (2DEG) in GaN/AlxGa1–xN heterostructures with low aluminum mole fraction is found to depend on the residual background impurity concentration in the GaN/AlGaN layer stack. At a residual donor level of 2 × 1016 cm−3, a 2DEG is absent at 300 K in dark environment. Such a 2DEG can be generated at the GaN/AlGaN interface either by illumination with ultraviolet light or by applying an electrostatic potential. The latter results in inherently normally‐off switching characteristics of lateral field‐effect transistors.
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