RT Journal Article T1 Characterization of thin layers of n- and p-type GaN A1 Castaldini, A. A1 Cavallini, A. A1 Polenta, L. A1 Díaz-Guerra Viejo, Carlos A1 Piqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier AB Technological improvement of GaN-based devices for electronic and optoelectronic applications makes essential both monitoring and controlling point and extended defects, which can have detrimental effects in device performance. For gallium nitride, thickness is a key parameter controlling the density and distribution of defects, especially extended ones. In this work highly defective thin GaN layers, both p- and n-type, have been characterized by photocurrent (PC) and time-resolved cathodoluminescence (TRCL) spectroscopy in order to evidence the presence of defect-related bands influencing the electrical and optical activity of the material. Scanning microscopy-based techniques, namely electron beam induced current (EBIC), CL imaging and optical beam induced current (OBIC) have been applied to investigate the recombination activity and the spatial distribution of the extended defects. PB Elsevier Science Sa SN 0921-5107 YR 2002 FD 2002-04-30 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59112 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59112 LA eng NO © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.International Conference on Defects: Recognition, Imaging and Physics in Semiconductors (DRIP IX) (9. 2001. Rimini, Italia).The authors wish to thank David C. Look, Hadis Morkoc and Joseph Van Nostrand for providing the samples. C. Díaz-Guerra acknowledges M.E.C.D. for a post-doctoral research grant. NO MECD DS Docta Complutense RD 19 abr 2025