P+-N+ GAAS TUNNEL JUNCTION DIODES GROWN BY FLOW-RATE MODULATION EPITAXY

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MAKIMOTO, T
HORIKOSHI, Y
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JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS | 1990年 / 29卷 / 12期
关键词
P-N JUNCTION; FLOW-RATE MODULATION EPITAXY; GAAS; TUNNEL DIODE; CARBON DOPING;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.29.L2250
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
This paper discusses the p+-n+ GaAs tunnel junction diodes grown by flow-rate modulation epitaxy using carbon and silicon as p-type and n-type dopants, respectively. It also investigates the effect of the conditions of p+-n+ junction interfaces on the excess current. While the excess current drastically increases when p+- and n+ -layers are overlapped on an atomic scale, it gradually decreases and tends to saturate when the undoped layer thickness inserted at the interface is increased. These results indicate that the p+-n+ junction interfaces grown by flow-rate modulation epitaxy are quite abrupt.
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页码:L2250 / L2253
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