JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, cilt.23, sa.2, ss.551-555, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
We studied the effect of extended defects on electrical characteristics of Si doped n-type nonpolar a-plane GaN films. The n-type GaN layers were grown on co-loaded reduced defect density sidewall lateral epitaxial overgrowth (SLEO) a-plane GaN templates and high defect density planar a-plane GaN templates by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The highest conductivity value was observed at the carrier concentration of 1.05 x 10(19) cm(-3) as 261.12 cm(2)/Vs for SLEO a-GaN and 106.77 cm(2)/Vs for the planar a-plane GaN samples. At the same doping level, the carrier compensation for SLEO samples was similar to 12% less than planar samples.