| Author(s): |
Lorelle Mansfield; Paul T. Blanchard; Devin M. Rourke; Aric W. Sanders; Norman A. Sanford; Kristine A. Bertness; |
| Title: |
Resistivity study of si-doped GaN nanowires grown by catalyst-free MBE |
| Published: |
September 16, 2008 |
| Abstract: |
GaN nanowires doped with silicon were grown on Si(111) substrates by catalyst-free molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Contacts were fabricated to single nanowires with a Ti/Al metallization scheme. Low-resistance ohmic contacts were achieved after annealing for 60 seconds at 500 ?C in 5 % hydrogen and 95 % argon ambient. Using current-voltage curves to determine the resistance of several wires from each growth run and SEM to measure the dimensions, we were able to calculate a specific contact resistivity for nanowires with different doping densities. A growth run consisting of highly doped wires had a specific contact resistivity of 1.9 x 10-5 Ω-cm2. We also estimated a bulk resistivity of approximately 0.003 Ω-cm and a free carrier concentration in the nanowires on the order of 1.5 to 2 x 1019 cm-3. Moderately doped nanowires had a higher specific contact resistivity of 3.5 x 10-4 Ω-cm2, an estimated bulk resistivity of 0.01 Ω-cm, and a free carrier concentration on the order of 3.5 x 1018 cm-3. |
| Conference: |
International Conference of Nitride Semiconductors |
| Proceedings: |
Proc., International Conference of Nitride Semiconductors |
| Pages: |
1 pp. |
| Location: |
Las Vegas, NV |
| Dates: |
September 16-21, 2007 |
| Keywords: |
contact resistance;GaN;molecular beam epitaxy;nanostructures;nanowires;nitrides;resistivity |
| Research Areas: |
Nanowires |
