Electric-field-induced heating and energy relaxation in GaN

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3035-3037

  Eckhause, T A ^a   Suzer O ^a   Kurdak, C ^a   Yun, F ^b   Morkoc H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEATING; PHONONS; SAPPHIRE; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRIC-FIELD-INDUCED HEATING;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 0038189731     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1571982     Document Type: Article

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