N-polar GaN p-n junction diodes with low ideality factors

Abstract

High-quality N-polar GaN p-n diodes are realized on single-crystal N-polar GaN bulk substrate by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. The room-temperature current-voltage characteristics reveal a high on/off current ratio of 10^11 at 4 V and an ideality factor of 1.6. As the temperature increases to 200 C, the apparent ideality factor gradually approaches 2. At such high temperatures, Shockley-Read-Hall recombination times of 0.32-0.46 ns are estimated. The measured electroluminescence spectrum is dominated by a strong near-band edge emission, while deep level and acceptor-related luminescence is greatly suppressed. A relatively high reverse breakdown field of 2.4 MV/cm without field-plates is achieved. This work indicates that the quality of N-polar GaN diodes is now approaching to that of their state-of-the-art Ga-polar counterparts.

arXiv comment11 pages, 3 figures

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