Gallium vacancies and the growth stoichiometry of GaN studied by positron annihilation spectroscopy
- 30 November 1998
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 73 (22) , 3253-3255
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.122735
Abstract
We have applied positron spectroscopy to study the formation of vacancy defects in undoped n-type metal organic chemical vapor deposition grown GaN, where the stoichiometry was varied. Ga vacancies are found in all samples. Their concentration increases from 10 16 to 10 19 cm −3 when the V/III molar ratio increases from 1000 to 10 000. In nitrogen rich conditions Ga lattice sites are thus left empty and Ga vacancies are abundantly formed. The creation of Ga vacancies is accompanied by the decrease of free electron concentration from 10 20 to 10 16 cm −3 , demonstrating their role as compensating centers.Keywords
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