The ammonothermal crystal growth of gallium nitridea technique on the up rise

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1316-1323

  Ehrentraut, Dirk ^a   Fukuda, Tsuguo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonothermal method; Crystal growth; Gallium nitride; Mineralizer

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM NITRIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NITRIDES;

AMMONOTHERMAL CRYSTAL GROWTH; AMMONOTHERMAL GROWTH; AMMONOTHERMAL METHOD; DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES; GALLIUM NITRIDES (GAN); MINERALIZER; STRUCTURAL PERFECTION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES;

WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 77953687329     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2029878     Document Type: Conference Paper

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