Abstract
We have investigated the KrF excimer laser-irradiation effect on the electrical properties of nonalloyed Ni/Au contacts to p-GaN. It is shown that the samples that were laser-irradiated in N2 ambient produce higher sheet carrier concentrations and lower sheet resistances as compared with those of the as-grown samples. Consequently, the contacts to the laser-irradiated samples yield significantly low specific contact resistance as compared to the as-grown sample. Experimental and calculation results show that field emission is responsible for the current flow for the N2-irradiated sample. It is, however, shown that for the as-grown sample, the current flow is due to thermionic emission.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 831-834 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2006 Oct |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgement This work was supported by the basic research program of the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation (Grant no. R01-2006-000-10904-0).
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering