Electric-field-induced heating and energy relaxation in GaN
- 29 April 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 82 (18) , 3035-3037
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1571982
Abstract
Electric-field-induced heating is studied using noise measurements in n-type GaN grown on sapphire substrates. The measured electron temperature is found to be an order of magnitude higher than what is expected based on calculations of electron–phonon coupling via acoustic deformation potential scattering processes in GaN. The discrepancy may be explained by a large thermal boundary resistance between the GaN film and the sapphire substrate.Keywords
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