Spontaneous compositional superlattice and band-gap reduction in Si-doped Al xGa 1-xN epilayers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Gao, M ^a   Lin, Y ^a   Bradley, S T ^a   Ringel, S A ^a   Hwang, J ^b   Schaff, W J ^b   Brillson, L J ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP REDUCTIONS; EPILAYERS; MOLE FRACTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

BAND STRUCTURE; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHASE SEPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 27644595990     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2126127     Document Type: Article

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