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2013

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The Effect Of Temperature On The Electrical And Optical Properties Of P-Type Gan, Joy Mcnamara May 2013

The Effect Of Temperature On The Electrical And Optical Properties Of P-Type Gan, Joy Mcnamara

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The development of gallium nitride (GaN) light emitting devices has reached extraordinary echelons. As such, the characterization and analysis of the behavior of GaN materials is essential to the advancement of GaN technology. In this thesis, the effect of temperature on the optical and electrical properties of p-type GaN is investigated. The GaN samples used in this work were grown by various methods and studied by Kelvin probe and photoluminescence (PL) techniques. Specifically, the surface photovoltage (SPV) behavior and PL data were analyzed at different temperatures and illumination intensities. Using the SPV results, we show that p-type GaN exhibits n-type …