Abstract
We have measured the temperature dependence of the mobility of the two-dimensional electron gas in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures grown on bulk GaN substrates. The linear dependence of the inverse mobility on temperature at temperatures below 50 K indicates the importance of acoustic phonon scattering in these high mobility heterostructures. Using the temperature dependence of the mobility at a range of carrier densities, we determined the GaN conduction band deformation potential to be ac=9.1±0.7eV. This result provides a crucial parameter for accurate calculations of intrinsic mobility limits in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1228-1230 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 80 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 18 2002 |