Effect of optical phonon scattering on the performance of GaN transistors

T Fang, R Wang, H Xing, S Rajan… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A model based on optical phonon scattering is developed to explain peculiarities in the
current drive, transconductance, and high-speed behavior of short-gate-length GaN …

Electron drift velocity in AlGaN/GaN channel at high electric fields

L Ardaravičius, A Matulionis, J Liberis… - Applied Physics …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
Current–voltage characteristics of a nominally undoped AlGaN/GaN two-dimensional
electron gas channel is measured at a room temperature, and electron drift velocity is …

Subpicosecond time-resolved Raman studies of LO phonons in GaN: Dependence on photoexcited carrier density

KT Tsen, JG Kiang, DK Ferry, H Morkoç - Applied physics letters, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
Subpicosecond time-resolved Raman spectroscopy has been used to measure the lifetime
of the LO phonon mode in GaN for photoexcited electron-hole pair density ranging from 10 …

Bulk GaN and AlGaN∕ GaN heterostructure drift velocity measurements and comparison to theoretical models

JM Barker, DK Ferry, DD Koleske, RJ Shul - Journal of applied physics, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
The room-temperature velocity-field characteristics for n-type gallium nitride and Al Ga N∕
Ga N heterostructures, grown epitaxially on sapphire, were determined experimentally. A …

Hot-phonon-induced velocity saturation in GaN

BK Ridley, WJ Schaff, LF Eastman - Journal of applied physics, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
In highly polar semiconductors with electron densities typically found in heterostructure field-
effect transistors (HFETs), transport cannot be described without taking hot phonons into …

Effect of polarization coulomb field scattering on parasitic source access resistance and extrinsic transconductance in AlGaN/GaN heterostructure FETs

M Yang, Z Lin, J Zhao, P Cui, C Fu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the measured parasitic source access resistance under a different forward gate–source
current for the AlGaN/GaN heterostructure FETs (HFETs) with different device sizes, the …

Hot phonon effect on electron velocity saturation in GaN: A second look

J Khurgin, YJ Ding, D Jena - Applied physics letters, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
A theoretical model is developed for electron velocity saturation in high power GaN
transistors. It is shown that electron velocity at high electric fields is reduced due to heating …

From anti‐Stokes photoluminescence to resonant Raman scattering in GaN single crystals and GaN‐based heterostructures

YJ Ding, JB Khurgin - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The progress on anti‐Stokes photoluminescence and Stokes and anti‐Stokes Raman
scattering in GaN single crystals and GaN/AlN heterostructures is reviewed. Anti‐Stokes …

Non-equilibrium longitudinal optical phonons and their lifetimes

DK Ferry - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Non-equilibrium phonons have been discussed for almost six decades. Here, the nature of
the longitudinal optical mode, particularly in polar materials, is discussed along with its …

Temperature and doping dependence of phonon lifetimes and decay pathways in GaN

T Beechem, S Graham - Journal of Applied Physics, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
The lifetimes of polar optical phonons are known to affect both the electrical and thermal
performances of gallium nitride (GaN) based devices. Hence, understanding the dynamical …