Yu Guanghui

Effect of Mg Doping on the Photoluminescence of GaN:Mg Films by Radio-Frequency Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy

We investigate undoped GaN and Mg-doped GaN grown by rf plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) with different Mg concentrations by photoluminescence (PL) at low temperature, Hall-effect and XRD measurements. In the PL spectra of lightly Mg-doped GaN films, a low intensity near band edge (NBE) emission and strong donor-acceptor pair (DAP) emission with its phonon replicas are observed. As the Mg concentration is increased, the DAP and NBE bands become weaker and a red shift of these bands is observed in the PL spectra. Yellow luminescence (YL) is observed in heavily Mg-doped GaN. The x-ray diffraction is employed to study the structure of the films. Hall measurement shows that there is a maximum value (3.9 × 1018 cm−3) of hole concentration with increasing Mg source temperature for compensation effect. PL spectra of undoped GaN are also studied under N-rich and Ga-rich growth conditions. Yellow luminescences of undoped Ga-rich GaN and heavily Mg-doped GaN are compared, indicating the different origins of the YL bands.

A comparative study of Ge/Au/Ni/Au-based ohmic contact on graphene

Superior graphene—metal contacts can improve the performance of graphene devices. We report on an experimental demonstration of Ge/Au/Ni/Au-based ohmic contact on graphene. The transfer length method (TLM) is adopted to measure the resistivity of graphene-metal contacts. We designed a process flow, which can avoid residual photoresist at the interface of metal and graphene. Additionally, rapid thermal annealing (RTA) at different temperatures as a post-processing method is studied to improve graphene—metal contact. The results reveal that the contact resistivity of graphene and Ge/Au/Ni/Au can reach 10−5 Ωcm2 after RTA, and that 350 °C is optimum annealing temperature for the contact of graphene—Ge/Au/Ni/Au. This paper provides guidance for fabrication and applications of graphene devices.