Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2002
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
81
Issue
22
DOI of Original Publication
10.1063/1.1524304
Date of Submission
April 2015
Abstract
Porous SiC (PSiC) substrates were used for the growth of GaN by reactive molecular-beam epitaxy with ammonia as the nitrogen source. Improved quality of GaNfilms has been demonstrated for growth on PSiC substrates, as compared to that on standard 6H–SiC substrates. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction showed a reduction in dislocation density and a higher degree of lattice and thermal relaxation in the GaNfilmsgrown on porous substrates. The submicron GaNfilms exhibit a rocking curve linewidth of 3.3 arcmin for (0002) diffraction and 13.7 arcmin for (101̄2) diffraction. Low-temperature photoluminescence showed an excitonic transition with a full width at half maximum of 9.5 meV at 15 K, as well as high quantum efficiency, on the GaN layer grown on PSiC when the thin skin layer on porous SiC was removed before growth.
Rights
Yun, F., Reshchikov, M.A., He, L., et al. Growth of GaN films on porous SiC substrate by molecular-beam epitaxy. Applied Physics Letters, 81, 4142 (2002). Copyright © 2002 AIP Publishing LLC.
Is Part Of
VCU Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications
Comments
Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1524304