Visualization of GaN surface potential using terahertz emission enhanced by local defects

Scientific Reports
Yuji SakaiM Tonouchi

Abstract

Wide-gap semiconductors have received significant attention for their advantages over existing semiconductors in energy-efficient power devices. To realize stable and reliable wide-gap semiconductor devices, the basic physical properties, such as the electric properties on the surface and at the interface, should be revealed. Here, we report visualization of terahertz (THz) emission from the surface of GaN, which is excited by ultraviolet femtosecond laser pulses. We found that the THz emission is enhanced by defects related to yellow luminescence, and this phenomenon is explained through the modification of band structures in the surface depletion layer owing to trapped electrons at defect sites. Our results demonstrate that the surface potential in a GaN surface could be detected by laser-induced THz emission. Moreover, this method enables feasible evaluation of the distribution of non-radiative defects, which are undetectable with photoluminescence, and it contributes to the realization normally-off GaN devices.

References

Dec 15, 1995·Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter·D M HofmannI Akasaki
Mar 12, 2013·Physical Review Letters·D O DemchenkoM A Reshchikov

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