Effect of nitridation on the growth of GaN on ZrB{sub 2}(0001)/Si(111) by molecular-beam epitaxy
- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577 (Japan)
The effect of nitridation on the epitaxial growth of GaN on lattice-matched ZrB{sub 2}(0001) films prepared ex situ and in situ was studied using an ultrahigh-vacuum molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE)-scanning probe microscopy system. The growth of GaN was carried out by rf-plasma-assisted MBE, and epitaxy of wurtzite GaN was observed on both ex situ and in situ prepared ZrB{sub 2} samples. The polarity was found to be consistently N-polar regardless of the samples, based on the observation of a series of N-polar Ga-rich reconstructions: (3x3) (6x6), and c(6x12). The nitridation of ZrB{sub 2} film was conducted by exposing it to active nitrogen and well-ordered hexagonal-BN (h-BN) formation was observed when the annealing temperature was above 900 deg.C. The partially formed BN layer affected neither the epitaxy nor the polarity of GaN, but when the surface was fully covered with well-ordered h-BN, GaN growth did not occur.
- OSTI ID:
- 20879982
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 100, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2218763; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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