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Interfacial reactions during GaN and AiN epitaxy on 4H- and 6H-SiC(0001)

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1852703· OSTI ID:20636933
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  1. Institute of Inorganic Methodologies and of Plasmas, IMIP-CNR, and INSTM, via Orabona, 4-70126 Bari (Italy)
Thin layers of AlN and GaN have been grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy on Si-face 4H- and 6H-SiC(0001){sub Si} substrates. The impact of the SiC surface preparation and oxide removal via a Ga deposition and desorption process on the chemistry and structure of the GaN/SiC and AlN/SiC interfaces, and on the GaN/SiC subsurface reactivity is characterized. We also investigate the impact of this process on growth mode evolution.
OSTI ID:
20636933
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 86; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English