Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2005
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
86
Issue
4
DOI of Original Publication
10.1063/1.1849833
Date of Submission
April 2015
Abstract
We report on the reduction of threading dislocations in GaN overlayers grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy on micro-porous TiN networks. These networks were obtained by in situannealing of thin Ti layers deposited in a metalization chamber, on the (0001) face of GaN templates. Observations by transmission electron microscopy indicate dislocation reduction by factors of up to 10 in GaN layers grown on TiN networks compared with the control GaN.X-ray diffraction shows that GaNgrown on the TiN network has a smaller (102) plane peak width (4.6 arcmin) than the control GaN (7.8 arcmin). In low temperature photoluminescence spectra, a narrow excitonic full-width-at-half-maximum of 2.4 meV was obtained, as compared to 3.0 meV for the control GaN, confirming the improved crystalline quality of the overgrown GaN layers.
Rights
Fu, Y., Moon, Y.-T., Yun, F., et al. Effectiveness of TiN porous templates on the reduction of threading dislocations in GaN overgrowth by organometallic vapor-phase epitaxy. Applied Physics Letters, 86, 043108 (2005). Copyright © 2005 AIP Publishing LLC.
Is Part Of
VCU Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1849833