Low resistance GaN/InGaN/GaN tunnel junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Krishnamoorthy, Sriram ^a   Akyol, Fatih ^a   Park, Pil Sung ^a   Rajan, Siddharth ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHODOLOGY; ENERGY-BAND DIAGRAM; LOW TEMPERATURES; OPTOELECTRONICS DEVICES; POLARIZATION FIELD; SPECIFIC RESISTIVITIES; TUNNEL INJECTION; TUNNELING BARRIER;

CHARGE INJECTION; GALLIUM NITRIDE; OHMIC CONTACTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84875701859     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4796041     Document Type: Article

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