COMPARISON OF HIGH FIELD ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN WURTZITE AND ZINCBLENDE PHASE GaN AT ROOM TEMPERATURE

Abstract

An ensemble Monte Carlo simulation has been used to model bulk electron transport at 300 K for both the natural wurtzite and the zincblende lattice phases of GaN . Electronic states within the conduction band are represented by non-parabolic ellipsoidal valleys centred on important symmetry points of the Brillouin zone, but for zincblende GaN , the simpler spherical parabolic band approximation has also been tested, for comparison. In the case of wurtzite GaN , transport has been modeled with an electric field applied both parallel and perpendicular to the (0001) c-axis. The steady state velocity-field characteristics are in fair agreement with other recent calculations.