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Wide and ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors lie at the heart of next-generation high-power, high-frequency electronics. Here, we report the growth of ultrawide-bandgap boron nitride (BN) thin films on wide-bandgap gallium nitride (GaN) by…

We report on the design of a new type of electron gun to be used for experiments of infrared emission spectroscopy of rare gas excimers. It is based on a filament heated by means of a pack of rechargeable batteries floated atop the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-09-16 L. Barcellan , E. Berto , G. Carugno , G. Galet , G. Galeazzi , A. F. Borghesani

We report on the room-temperature switching of 1T-TaS2 thin-film charge-density-wave devices, using nanosecond-duration electrical pulsing to construct their time-resolved current-voltage characteristics. The switching action is based upon…

High-energy-resolution GaN $\alpha$-particle detectors have significant potential for space radiation, nuclear instrumentation, and harsh-environment applications. However, existing GaN $\alpha$-particle detectors still face several key…

The nanoscale resistive switching characteristics of gallium phosphide (GaP) thin films directly grown on Si are investigated as a function of incident light. Firstly, as-grown GaP films show a high RON/ROFF (~10^4), shown to arise from the…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-19 Fran Kurnia , Jan Seidel , Judy N. Hart , Nagarajan Valanoor

Graphene field-effect transistors are integrated with solution-processed multilayer hybrid organic-inorganic self-assembled nanodielectrics (SANDs). The resulting devices exhibit low-operating voltage (2 V), negligible hysteresis, current…

Modern microelectronic systems require long term operational stability, necessitating precise reliability models to predict device lifecycles and identify governing failure mechanisms. This is particularly critical for high power GaN…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Moshe Azoulay , Gilad Orr , Gady Golan

By using four layered graphene/gallium nitride (GaN) Schottky diodes with an undoped GaN spacer, we demonstrate highly effective gating of graphene at low bias rendering this type of structure very promising for potential applications. An…

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) based on Gallium Nitride (GaN) have been revolutionizing various applications in lighting, displays, medical equipment, and other fields. However, their energy efficiency is still below expectations in many…

General Physics · Physics 2020-11-18 Joachim Piprek

Over the last decade, progress in wide bandgap, III-V materials systems based on gallium nitride (GaN) has been a major driver in the realization of high power and high frequency electronic devices. Since the highly conductive,…

A 200 mm processing platform for the large-scale production of graphene field-effect transistor-quantum dot (GFET-QD) hybrid photodetectors is demonstrated. Comprehensive statistical analysis of electric data shows a high yield (96%) and…

This paper introduces a robust Pareto design approach for transistor sizing of Gallium Nitride (GaN) High Electron Mobility Transistors (HEMTs), particularly for power amplifier (PA) and low-noise amplifier (LNA) designs in 5G applications.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-27 Rafael Perez Martinez , Stephen Boyd , Srabanti Chowdhury

Here we report the development of high-efficiency microscale GaAs laser power converters, and their successful transfer printing onto silicon substrates, presenting a unique, high power, low-cost and integrated power supply solution for…

We have presented an analytical physics-based compact model of GaN power FET, which can accurately describe the I-V characteristics in all operation modes. The model considers the source-drain resistance, different interface trap densities…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-09-13 G. I. Zebrev , V. V. Orlov

A process for growing gallium nitride (GaN) vertical p-i-n homojunctions on (111) silicon (Si) substrates using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) was developed, and a triple mesa etch technique was used to fabricate efficient…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-11-24 T. Heuser , M. Braun , D. G. Senesky

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have a broad range of applications for nano- and optoelectronics. The strain field of gallium nitride (GaN) NWs could be significantly changed when contacts are applied to them to form a final device,…

In the last decade, remarkable advances in integrated photonic technologies have enabled table-top experiments and instrumentation to be scaled down to compact chips with significant reduction in size, weight, power consumption, and cost.…

Gallium nitride (GaN) has emerged as an essential semiconductor material for energy-efficient lighting and electronic applications owing to its large direct bandgap of 3.4 eV. Present GaN/AlGaN heterostructures seemingly feature an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-20 S. Schmult , S. Wirth , V. V. Solovyev , R. Hentschel , A. Wachowiak , A. Großer , I. V. Kukushkin , T. Mikolajick

A light emitting diode (LED) pulser has been developed that can be used for tests or calibration of timing and amplitude sensitivity of particle physics detectors. A comparative study is performed on the components and pulser output…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-14 A. Grummer , M. R. Hoeferkamp , S. Seidel

Results solving the long standing puzzle regarding the phase diagram and the pressure evolution of the melting temperature Tm(P) of gallium nitride (GaN), the most promising semiconducting material for innovative modern electronic…