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High-density polarization-induced 2D electron gases in N-polar pseudomorphic undoped GaN/Al0.85Ga0.15N heterostructures on single-crystal AlN substrates

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 121, Issue 8, Pages -

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AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0107159

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  1. Asahi Kasei
  2. Cornell Center for Materials Research -a NSF MRSEC program [DMR-1719875]
  3. ULTRA, an Energy Frontier Research Center - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES) [DE-SC0021230]
  4. AFOSR [FA9550-20-1-0148]
  5. NSF [MRI DMR-1631282]
  6. Kavli Institute at Cornell (KIC)

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The study revealed the presence of high-density 2D electron gas in Al(Ga)N/GaN heterojunctions, and achieved low sheet resistance in N-polar undoped pseudomorphic GaN/AlGaN structures. These results provide important insights for the development of high-power RF electronics based on N-polar III-nitride high electron mobility transistors.
The polarization difference and band offset between Al(Ga)N and GaN induce two-dimensional (2D) free carriers in Al(Ga)N/GaN heterojunctions without any chemical doping. A high-density 2D electron gas (2DEG), analogous to the recently discovered 2Dhole gas in a metal-polar structure, is predicted in a N-polar pseudomorphic GaN/Al(Ga)N heterostructure on unstrained AlN. We report the observation of such 2DEGs in N-polar undoped pseudomorphic GaN/AlGaN heterostructures on single-crystal AlN substrates by molecular beam epitaxy. With a high electron density of similar to 4.3 x 10(13)/cm(2) that maintains down to cryogenic temperatures and a room temperature electron mobility of similar to 450 cm(2)/V s, a sheet resistance as low as similar to 320 Omega/square is achieved in a structure with an 8 nm GaN layer. These results indicate significant potential of AlN platform for future high-power RF electronics based on N-polar III-nitride high electron mobility transistors. Published under an exclusive license by AIP Publishing.

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