Properties of a hole trap in n-type hexagonal GaN

Minority carrier transient spectroscopy is performed in Schottky diodes fabricated on hexagonal n-type GaN grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition, either doped with two concentrations of Si or unintentionally doped. Capacitance transients are measured after a light pulse sent through the semitransparent contact which generates electron–hole pairs in the depletion zone. They display the characteristic sign of hole emission. The same deep level is detected in all the samples, independent of the doping level and doping species, with a concentration of some 1015 cm−3, even in the sample prepared by epitaxial lateral overgrowth. The ionization energy and capture cross section deduced from Fourier Transform transient spectroscopy are respectively 0.81±0.03 eV and 2×10−14 cm2. Such a capture cross section for holes indicates an attractive potential and hence a negatively charged center before the hole capture. Hole emission is suppressed by electron–hole recombination when a sufficiently long majority c...

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