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Molecular beam epitaxy of GaN on lattice-matched ZrB2 substrates using low-temperature GaN and AlN nucleation layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Rob Armitage ,
Kazuhiro Nishizono ,
Jun Suda  and
Tsunenobu Kimoto
Rob Armitage
Affiliation:
Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan615–8510
Kazuhiro Nishizono
Affiliation:
Kyocera Corporation, Sourakugunseikachou, Hikaridai, Kyoto, Japan 619–0237
Jun Suda
Affiliation:
Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan615–8510
Tsunenobu Kimoto
Affiliation:
Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan615–8510
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Abstract

GaN epilayers have been grown by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy on ZrB2 substrates with close in-plane lattice match. Growth processes utilizing both low-temperature GaN (LT-GaN) and AlN nucleation layers were investigated. The x-ray ω-scan widths for the optimized LT-GaN nucleation process were 400 and 750 arcsec for symmetric and asymmetric reflections, respectively. When using LT-GaN nucleation layers, the chemical incompatibility of ZrB2 results in a high dislocation density despite the in-plane lattice match. The epilayer polarity was N-polar for LT-GaN nucleation layers under all conditions investigated. For AlN nucleation layers, Ga-polar epilayers were obtained under suitable conditions (Al-rich, lower nucleation temperatures) for nominal AlN thickness as low as 1 nm. From RHEED analysis it appears that a psuedomorphic Al wetting layer forms on the ZrB2 surface, and that using AlN as the nucleation layer may offer promise for reducing the epilayer defect density.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 831: Symposium E – GaN, AlN, InN, and Their Alloys , 2004 , E8.36
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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