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Characteristic Luminescence Correlated with Leaky Diamond Schottky Barrier Diodes

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Publication Date2017-08-23
Journalphysica status solidi (a)
AuthorsTakehiro Shimaoka, Tokuyuki Teraji, Kenji Watanabe, Satoshi Koizumi
InstitutionsNational Institute for Materials Science
Citations12

This paper reports correlation between reverse current ( I R ) of diamond Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) and luminescence feature. p‐Type vertical SBDs were characterized by current-voltage and cathodoluminescence (CL) measurements. From an exciton image taken at the electrode deposited area, non‐luminescence spots with number density of 10 4 -10 5 cm −2 were confirmed. No marked relation was found between the density of non‐luminescence spots and I R . A larger I R of >10 −5 A was observed when an electrode was deposited on an area that showed bright Band‐A luminescence spots in the CL image. In addition, diodes on the belt‐shaped luminescence in the Green‐band image showed large I R .