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ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2025

Infrared Near-Field Spectroscopy of AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures for Probing Two-Dimensional Electron Gas.

Ilario Bisignano, Masataka Imura, Nicholaus Kevin Tanjaya, Ming-Jyun Ye, Noriyuki Okada, Satoshi Ishii

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Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ilario BisignanoInternational Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.ORCID 0009-0004-9964-2106
Masataka ImuraResearch Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Material Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4236-9549
Nicholaus Kevin TanjayaInternational Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
Ming-Jyun YeInternational Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
Noriyuki OkadaResearch Network and Facility Services Division, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan.
Satoshi IshiiInternational Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0731-8428

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Abstract

Infrared near-field spectroscopy, or nano-FTIR, offers nanoscale resolution in three dimensions to probe the chemical and physical properties of samples, making it a unique characterization tool. This nanoscopic resolution in three dimensions is particularly suitable to probe a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) where a 2DEG has an effective thickness of a few nanometers and exists a few tens of nanometers below the capping layer. This work employs nano-FTIR spectroscopy to noninvasively probe the 2DEG of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures, which are crucial for high-power electronic devices and sensing applications. Higher harmonic amplitude and phase of the nano-FTIR spectra are sensitive enough to the carrier concentration of the 2DEGs, which is supported by analytical calculations based on the finite dipole model. A comparative analysis confirms that incorporating the 2DEG layer into the model is essential to matching spectral features with experimental observations. Furthermore, hyperspectral imaging of a cross-sectional sample provides a visual representation of the 2DEG. The findings demonstrate that nano-FTIR enables the characterization of 2DEG in AlGaN/GaN heterostructures with nanometric resolution under ambient conditions, hence expanding its applicability in the study of such systems.

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AlGaN/GaN heterostructureinfrared spectroscopynano-FTIRnear-field microscopytwo-dimensional electron gas

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