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Growth of Cubic GAN on (001) GAAS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

O. Brandt ,
H. Yang ,
A. Trampert  and
K. H. Ploog
O. Brandt
Affiliation:
Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, D-10117 Berlin, Germany, E-mail: brandt@pdi.wias-berlin.de
H. Yang
Affiliation:
Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, D-10117 Berlin, Germany, E-mail: brandt@pdi.wias-berlin.de
A. Trampert
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
K. H. Ploog
Affiliation:
Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, D-10117 Berlin, Germany, E-mail: brandt@pdi.wias-berlin.de
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Abstract

We present a study of the growth of cubic GaN films on (001) GaAs by molecular beam epitaxy. Our investigations focus on the nucleation stage as well as on the subsequent growth of GaN. The phenomenon of epitaxial growth at this extreme mismatch (20%) is demonstrated to arise from a coincidence lattice between GaAs and GaN. The presence of a high-density of stacking faults in the GaN layer is explained within this understanding as being a natural consequence of the coalescence of perfectly relaxed nuclei. We furthermore analyze the growth kinetics of GaN via the surface reconstruction transitions observed upon an impinging Ga flux, from which we obtain both the desorption rate of Ga as well as the diffusion coefficient of Ga adatoms on the Ga-stabilized GaN surface. The diffusivity of Ga is found to be very low at the growth temperatures commonly used during molecular beam epitaxy, which provides an explanation for the microscopic surface roughness observed on our samples.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 395: Symposium AAA – Gallium Nitride and Related Materials: The First International Symp , 1995 , 27
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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