期刊
ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
卷 4, 期 7, 页码 3535-3542出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.2c00500
关键词
resonant tunneling diode; gallium nitride; negative differential resistance; defect; first-principles
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61804163, 61875224, 61827823]
- Key R&D Program of Jiangsu Province [BE2021008-4]
- SINANO [Y8AAQ21001]
This study finds that deep-level defects in epitaxial materials significantly affect the negative differential resistance (NDR) of GaN-based resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs). Through experiments and first-principles calculations, it is confirmed that there are two deep-level defects at the active region tunneling interface. Additionally, threading dislocations are not the main factor causing NDR degradation in the prepared RTDs.
The degradation of the negative differential resistance (NDR) of GaN-based resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs) is a primary factor that limits their development into terahertz light source devices. In this work, on the basis of experiments and first-principles calculations, we proposed that deep-level defects in epitaxial materials can significantly affect the NDR of GaN-based RTDs. According to a low-frequency noise test, we confirmed the existence of 0.21 and 0.54 eV deep level defects at the active region tunneling interface. The first-principles study of defect calculation based on the mixed functional theory reveals that the two deep level defects originate from the interstitial defect N-i and the defect pair V-N-N-Ga of the GaN side in the tunneling interface, respectively. In addition, AFM and TEM results indicate that threading dislocations are not the main factor fueling NDR degradation in the prepared RTDs. Our work suggests that the elimination of deep level defects is the key to obtaining steady and reliable NDR in GaN-based RTDs.
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