Formation mechanisms of low-resistance and thermally stable PdNiPdRu Ohmic contacts to Mg-doped Al0.15 Ga0.85 N

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Jang, Ja Soon ^a   Seong, Tae Yeon ^b   Jeon, Seong Ran ^c  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARRIER TRANSPORT; CONTACT RESISTANCE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MAGNESIUM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CONTACT RESISTIVITY; OHMIC FORMATION;

OHMIC CONTACTS;

EID: 34548396318     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2778452     Document Type: Article

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