Electron populations induced by spontaneous and piezoelectric polarization in semiconductor heterostructures can be estimated simply by using elementary electrostatic theory. The method is illustrated for the AlGaN/GaN system in which the AlGaN barrier is either undoped, or doped n type, and the effect of a GaN overlayer is described.

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