Undoped p-type GaN1-xSbx alloys: Effects of annealing

N. Segercrantz, Y. Baumgartner, M. Ting, K. M. Yu, S. S. Mao, W. L. Sarney, S. P. Svensson, W. Walukiewicz

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Abstract

We report p-type behavior for undoped GaN1-xSbx alloys with x ≥ 0.06 grown by molecular beam epitaxy at low temperatures (≤400 °C). Rapid thermal annealing of the GaN1-xSbx films at temperatures >400 °C is shown to generate hole concentrations greater than 1019 cm-3, an order of magnitude higher than typical p-type GaN achieved by Mg doping. The p-type conductivity is attributed to a large upward shift of the valence band edge resulting from the band anticrossing interaction between localized Sb levels and extended states of the host matrix.

Original languageBritish English
Article number252102
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume109
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Dec 2016

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