Photo-enhanced activation of hydrogen-passivated magnesium in P-type GaN films

Yoichi Kamiura; Yoshifumi Yamashita; Shuji Nakamura

Photo-enhanced activation of hydrogen-passivated magnesium in P-type GaN films

Yoichi Kamiura, Yoshifumi Yamashita, Shuji Nakamura

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Abstract

We studied the effect of UV-light irradiation on annealing of as-grown Mg-doped GaN films by resistivity and Hall measurements. The annealing temperature where the resistivity reduction due to the electrical activation of hydrogen-passivated Mg occurred with the increase of hole density and the decrease of hole mobility, was reduced from 550 to 450°C by the irradiation of UV light with a peak wavelength around 350 nm. This suggests that electronic excitation reduces the thermal stability of Mg-H complexes in GaN.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L970-L971
Journal	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters
Volume	37
Issue number	8 SUPPL. B
Publication status	Published - Aug 15 1998

Keywords

Annealing
Electrical properties
Electronic excitation
GaN
Hydrogen
Magnesium
UV irradiation

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Engineering(all)
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Physics and Astronomy(all)

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Photo-enhanced activation of hydrogen-passivated magnesium in P-type GaN films

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