Role of carbon in GaN

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6553-6560

  Seager, C H ^a   Wright, A F ^a   Yu, J ^b   Gotz W ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Philips Lumileds Lighting Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FERMI LEVEL; LUMINESCENCE; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; STOICHIOMETRY;

IONIZATION ENERGY;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 0036906374     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1518794     Document Type: Article

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