Polarization doping: Reservoir effects of the substrate in AlGaN graded layers

High electron sheet concentrations of ∼1015 cm−2 result from polarization doping with compositionally graded AlGaN films grown on unintentionally doped GaN templates which exhibit background electron concentrations of ∼1016 cm−3. Similar graded films grown on semi-insulating (SI), free standing GaN substrates exhibited carrier concentrations two orders less. Transport studies of the as-grown materials using temperature dependent Hall effect revealed a very weak temperature dependence of the carrier concentration and mobility as compared to traditionally doped films using Si as a dopant. And qualitative modeling of the electron mobility indicates that alloy scattering and charged dislocation scattering are the most significant contributors to limiting the mobility over the entire temperature range.

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