On the significance of the surface states in isolated AlxGa 1-xN/GaN heterostructures

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 612-617

  Pérez, Juan Antonio Casao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

2DEG; AlGaN GaN; Surface states

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POISSON EQUATION; POLARIZATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS;

2DEG; ALGAN/GAN; MICROWAVES FREQUENCY; SURFACE STATES;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 13644259292     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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