Electrical Characterization of Ruthenium-Doped InP Grown by Low Pressure Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy

Abstract
Epitaxial layers of ruthenium-doped InP grown by low-pressure hydride vapor phase epitaxy have been studied. Current voltage measurements were conducted at temperatures between 20 and 200°C for samples doped with Ru in the range to In this doping range, the specific resistivity of structures accommodating electron injection is Ω cm and that of structures accommodating hole injection is as high as Ω cm. The reason for such a huge difference in the resistivity of these structures is attributed to a low activation of deep Ru acceptors, thus rather giving rise to an layer than a semi-insulating layer, as supported by our theoretical simulation. Analysis of the Arrhenius plots constructed from the temperature-dependent I-V curves yield an average activation energy of Ru with reference to the conduction band equal to 0.44 and 0.52 eV under electron and hole injection, respectively. © 2001 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.
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