Characterization of Multiple Carriers in GaN Using Variable Magnetic-Field Hall Measurements
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
Variable magnetic-field Hall-effect measurements were performed on two thick GaN samples grown by hydride vapor-phase epitaxy (HVPE), one freestanding and one attached to the sapphire substrate. Results are compared to those obtained using the more standard, single magnetic-field Hall measurements. In both samples, a second low-mobility electron was indicated that significantly influenced interpretation of single-field Hall measurements, particularly at low temperatures. Extraction of the bulk carrier using fits to the variable-field Hall data allowed a more accurate determination of the temperature dependence of the bulk electrical properties and, hence, basic physical parameters. In addition, the quantitative mobility-spectrum analysis (QMSA) technique, reported here for the first time on GaN, indicated a continuous and significant spread in mobility for the bulk electron, likely with sample thickness. Thus, even the "improved" results, based on modeling the multiple-carrier fitting (MCF) analysis, obtained in this study should be viewed with some suspicion, as they clearly represent an average over an electrically inhomogeneous sample.
Repository Citation
Swartz, C. H.,
Tompkins, R. P.,
Myers, T. H.,
Look, D. C.,
& Sizelove, J. R.
(2004). Characterization of Multiple Carriers in GaN Using Variable Magnetic-Field Hall Measurements. Journal of Electronic Materials, 33 (5), 412-417.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/physics/413
DOI
10.1007/s11664-004-0193-8
