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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2008.17.1.034

Structural properties and optical studies of two-dimensional electron gas in Al0.55Ga0.45/GaN heterostructures with low-temperature AlN interlayer  

Kwack, H.S. (Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University)
Lee, K.S. (Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University)
Kim, H.J. (School of Materials Scienceand Engineering, Seoul National University)
Yoon, E. (School of Materials Scienceand Engineering, Seoul National University)
Cho, Y.H. (Department of Physics, Chungbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.17, no.1, 2008 , pp. 34-39 More about this Journal
Abstract
We have investigated the characteristics of $Al_{0.55}Ga_{0.45}N$/GaN heterostructures with and without low-temperature (LT) AlN interlayer grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. The structural and optical properties were systematically studied by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy (OMS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and photoluminescence (PL). The Al content (x) of 55% and the structural properties of $Al_xGa_{1-x}N$/GaN heterostructures were investigated by using RBS and XRD, respectively. We carried out OMS and SEM experiments and obtained a decrease of the crack network in $Al_{0.55}Ga_{0.45}N$ layer with LT-AlN interlayer. A two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)-related PL peak located at ${\sim}3.437eV$ was observed at 10 K for $Al_{0.55}Ga_{0.45}N$/GaN with LT-AlN interlayer. The 2DEG-related emission intensity gradually decreased with increasing temperature and disappeared at temperatures around 100 K. In addition, with increasing the excitation power above 3.0 mW, two 2DEG-related PL peaks were observed at ${\sim}3.411$ and ${\sim}3.437eV$. The observed lower-energy and higher-energy side 2DEG peaks were attributed to the transitions from the sub-band level and the Fermi energy level of 2DEG at the AlGaN/LT-AlN/GaN heterointerface, respectively.
Keywords
AlGaN/GaN; AlN; two-dimensional electron gas; photoluminescence; metalorganic chemical vapor deposition;
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