This work was conducted in collaboration with
Marek Skowronski, Minsueb Shin, and Seungyook Min of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
and with the invaluable contributions of
A.Y. Polyakov (recently returned to his home institution in Moscow)
The objective of this work was to understand the growth, doping, and defects in GaN and AlGaN alloys. Growth of epitaxial layers was performed by OMVPE. The specific application of interest was the solar-blind UV detector.
Publications and conference proceedings are referenced here.
Pictures of the Thomas Swan OMVPE system are found below: