Large, Nitrogen-Induced Increase of the Electron Effective Mass in InyGa1-yNxAs1-x

C. Skierbiszewski; P. Perlin; P. Wisniewski; W. Knap; T. Suski; W. Walukiewicz; W. Shan; K. M. Yu; J. W. Ager; E. E. Haller; J. F. Geisz; J. M. Olson

doi:10.1063/1.126360

Large, Nitrogen-Induced Increase of the Electron Effective Mass in InyGa1-yNxAs1-x

C. Skierbiszewski
, P. Perlin
, P. Wisniewski
, W. Knap
, T. Suski
, W. Walukiewicz
, W. Shan
, K. M. Yu
, J. W. Ager
, E. E. Haller
, J. F. Geisz
, J. M. Olson

Chemistry and Nanoscience

High Pressure Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
University of California at Berkeley
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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A dramatic increase of the conduction band electron mass in a nitrogen-containing III-V alloy is reported. The mass is found to be strongly dependent on the nitrogen content and the electron concentration with a value as large as 0.4m₀ in In_0.08Ga_0.92As_0.967N_0.033 with 6 × 10¹⁹ cm^-3 free electrons. This mass is more than five times larger than the electron effective mass in GaAs and comparable to typical heavy hole masses in III-V compounds. The results provide a critical test and fully confirm the predictions of the recently proposed band anticrossing model of the electronic structure of the III-N-V alloys.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	2409-2411
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	76
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.126360 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.126360
State	Published - 2000

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Large, Nitrogen-Induced Increase of the Electron Effective Mass in InyGa1-yNxAs1-x

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