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Amorphous gallium nitride (a-GaN) films with thicknesses of 5 and 300 nm are deposited on n-Si (100) substrates by pulsed laser deposition (PLD), and their field emission (FE) properties are studied. It shows that compared with thicker (300 nm) a-GaN film, better FE performance is obtained on ultrathin (5 nm) a-GaN film with a threshold field of 0.78 V/A mu m, which is the lowest value ever reported. Furthermore, the current density reaches 42 mA/cm(2) when the applied field is 3.72 V/A mu m. These experimental results unambiguously confirm Binh's theoretical analysis (Binh et al. Phys Rev Lett, 2000, 85(4): 864-867) that the FE performance would be prominently enhanced with the coating of an ultra-thin wide band-gap semiconductor film.
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SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES F-INFORMATION SCIENCES
ISSN: 1009-2757
Year: 2009
Issue: 10
Volume: 52
Page: 1947-1952
JCR Journal Grade:4
CAS Journal Grade:1
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SCOPUS Cited Count: 5
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 7
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