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Electrical transport of an AlGaN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas

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An AlxGa1-xN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas structure with x = 0.13 deposited by molecular beam epitaxy on a GaN layer grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy on a sapphire substrate was characterized. Hall effect measurements gave a sheet electron concentration of 5.1×1012 cm-2 and a mobility of 1.9 × 104 cm2/Vs at 10 K. Mobility spectrum analysis showed single-carrier transport and negligible parallel conduction at low temperatures. The sheet carrier concentrations determined from Shubnikov-de Haas magnetoresistance oscillations were in good agreement with the Hall data. The electron effective mass was determined to be 0.215±0.006 m0 based on the temperature dependence of the amplitude of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations. The quantum lifetime was about one-fifth of the transport lifetime of 2.3 × 10-12 s.

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  1. Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL/MLPO, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 45433-7707, USA

    A. Saxler, P. Debray, R. Perrin, S. Elhamri & W. C. Mitchel

  2. Service de Physique de l’Etat Condensé, Centre d’Etudes de Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    P. Debray

  3. Department of Physics, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 45469, USA

    S. Elhamri

  4. College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    C. R. Elsass, I. P. Smorchkova, B. Heying, E. Haus, P. Fini, J. P. Ibbetson, S. Keller, P. M. Petroff, S. P. DenBaars, U. K. Mishra & J. S. Speck

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Saxler, A., Debray, P., Perrin, R. et al. Electrical transport of an AlGaN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas. MRS Online Proceedings Library 595, 1110 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-595-F99W11.10

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