Presentation 2017-11-30
Mapping of wavy surface morphology of n-GaN using scanning internal photoemission microscopy
Kenji Shiojima, Takanori Hashizume, Masafumi Horikiri, Takeshi Tanaka, Tomoyoshi Mishima,
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Abstract(in English) We characterized the effect of the surface morphology on electrical properties of the n-GaN drift-layers by using scanning internal photoemission microscopy (SIPM). We grew 12-?m-thick low-carrier-concentration (around 1×1016 cm-3) n-GaN layers with both flat and wavy surface morphologies on free-standing GaN substrates by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. In the SIPM results, the samples with flat surfaces exhibited uniform photocurrent distribution independently of the carrier concentration. On the other hand, we obtained the same wavy pattern in the photocurrent maps as the surface morphology for the samples in low-carrier concentration. These results indicate that the amount of C incorporation during the growth was affected by off-angle of the GaN surface and the carrier compensation by C atoms was changed. We demonstrated that SIPM is a powerful tool to nondestructively visualized inhomogeneity of the carrier compensation over the wafer.
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Keyword(in English) n-GaN / Schottky contact / Scanning internal photoemission microscopy / surface morphology
Paper # ED2017-55,CPM2017-98,LQE2017-68
Date of Issue 2017-11-23 (ED, CPM, LQE)

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Committee LQE / CPM / ED
Conference Date 2017/11/30(2days)
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Place (in English) Nagoya Inst. tech.
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Topics (in English) Nitride Semiconductor Devices, Materials, Related Technologies
Chair Tsuyoshi Yamamoto(Fujitsu Labs.) / Fumihiko Hirose(Yamagata Univ.) / Kunio Tsuda(Toshiba)
Vice Chair Kiichi Hamamoto(Kyusyu Univ.) / Mayumi Takeyama(Kitami Inst. of Tech.) / Michihiko Suhara(TMU)
Secretary Kiichi Hamamoto(Tohoku Univ.) / Mayumi Takeyama(SEI) / Michihiko Suhara(Nihon Univ.)
Assistant Yasumasa Kawakita(Furukawa Electric Industries) / Naoki Fujiwara(NTT) / Yuichi Akage(NTT) / Toshiyuki Oishi(Saga Univ.) / Tatsuya Iwata(TUT)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Lasers and Quantum Electronics / Technical Committee on Component Parts and Materials / Technical Committee on Electron Devices
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Mapping of wavy surface morphology of n-GaN using scanning internal photoemission microscopy
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) n-GaN
Keyword(2) Schottky contact
Keyword(3) Scanning internal photoemission microscopy
Keyword(4) surface morphology
1st Author's Name Kenji Shiojima
1st Author's Affiliation University of Fukui(Univ. of Fukui)
2nd Author's Name Takanori Hashizume
2nd Author's Affiliation University of Fukui(Univ. of Fukui)
3rd Author's Name Masafumi Horikiri
3rd Author's Affiliation SCIOCS(SCIOCS)
4th Author's Name Takeshi Tanaka
4th Author's Affiliation SCIOCS(SCIOCS)
5th Author's Name Tomoyoshi Mishima
5th Author's Affiliation Hosei University(Hosei Univ.)
Date 2017-11-30
Paper # ED2017-55,CPM2017-98,LQE2017-68
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) ED-331,CPM-332,LQE-333
Page pp.pp.27-32(ED), pp.27-32(CPM), pp.27-32(LQE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-11-23 (ED, CPM, LQE)