Low-resistance ohmic contacts to p-type GaN achieved by the oxidation of Ni/Au films

Low-resistance ohmic contacts with high transparency to p-type GaN have been developed by oxidizing Ni/Au thin films. Compared to the metallic Ni/Au contacts, the oxidized Ni/Au contacts exhibited lower specific contact resistance and much improved transparency. The transparency was from 65% to 80% in the wavelength of 450–550 nm. A specific contact resistance below 1.0×10−4 Ω cm2 was obtained by oxidizing Ni(10 nm)/Au(5 nm) on p-type GaN. The mechanism of low-resistance ohmic contact could be related to the formation of NiO.

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