Selective-area regrowth of GaN field emission tips

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作者
Underwood, RD [1 ]
Kapolnek, D [1 ]
Keller, BP [1 ]
Keller, S [1 ]
Denbaars, SP [1 ]
Mishra, UK [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,DEPT MAT,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
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10.1016/S0038-1101(96)00209-2
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Field emission current has been observed for the first time from GaN. Single-crystal GaN pyramids were grown in arrays by selective-area metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on GaN thin films using a dielectric mask. GaN does not deposit on the dielectric mask and growth of hexagonal pyramid structures occurs only in mask openings. The pyramids were biased negatively with respect to a metal anode and an emission current of 0.8 mu A at 2000 V was observed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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