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Title: Role of an ultra-thin AlN/GaN superlattice interlayer on the strain engineering of GaN films grown on Si(110) and Si(111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy

Abstract

We investigate the role of an ultra-thin AlN/GaN superlattice interlayer (SL-IL) on the strain engineering of the GaN films grown on Si(110) and Si(111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. It is found that micro-cracks limitted only at the SL-IL position are naturally generated. These micro-cracks play an important role in relaxing the tensile strain caused by the difference of the coefficient of thermal expansion between GaN and Si and keeping the residual strain in the crack-free GaN epilayers resulted from the SL-IL during the growth. The mechanism understanding of the strain modulation by the SL-IL in the GaN epilayers grown on Si substrates makes it possible to design new heterostructures of III-nitrides for optic and electronic device applications.

Authors:
; ; ; ;  [1]; ; ; ;  [2]
  1. Advanced Power Electronics Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Umezono 1-1-1, Central 2, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-8568 (Japan)
  2. School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22217816
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 103; Journal Issue: 23; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ALUMINIUM NITRIDES; CRACKS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FILMS; GALLIUM NITRIDES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LAYERS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PLASMA; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STRAINS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERLATTICES; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMAL EXPANSION

Citation Formats

Shen, X. Q., Takahashi, T., Matsuhata, H., Ide, T., Shimizu, M., Rong, X., Chen, G., Wang, X. Q., and Shen, B. Role of an ultra-thin AlN/GaN superlattice interlayer on the strain engineering of GaN films grown on Si(110) and Si(111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4841655.
Shen, X. Q., Takahashi, T., Matsuhata, H., Ide, T., Shimizu, M., Rong, X., Chen, G., Wang, X. Q., & Shen, B. Role of an ultra-thin AlN/GaN superlattice interlayer on the strain engineering of GaN films grown on Si(110) and Si(111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841655
Shen, X. Q., Takahashi, T., Matsuhata, H., Ide, T., Shimizu, M., Rong, X., Chen, G., Wang, X. Q., and Shen, B. 2013. "Role of an ultra-thin AlN/GaN superlattice interlayer on the strain engineering of GaN films grown on Si(110) and Si(111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4841655.
@article{osti_22217816,
title = {Role of an ultra-thin AlN/GaN superlattice interlayer on the strain engineering of GaN films grown on Si(110) and Si(111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy},
author = {Shen, X. Q. and Takahashi, T. and Matsuhata, H. and Ide, T. and Shimizu, M. and Rong, X. and Chen, G. and Wang, X. Q. and Shen, B.},
abstractNote = {We investigate the role of an ultra-thin AlN/GaN superlattice interlayer (SL-IL) on the strain engineering of the GaN films grown on Si(110) and Si(111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. It is found that micro-cracks limitted only at the SL-IL position are naturally generated. These micro-cracks play an important role in relaxing the tensile strain caused by the difference of the coefficient of thermal expansion between GaN and Si and keeping the residual strain in the crack-free GaN epilayers resulted from the SL-IL during the growth. The mechanism understanding of the strain modulation by the SL-IL in the GaN epilayers grown on Si substrates makes it possible to design new heterostructures of III-nitrides for optic and electronic device applications.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4841655},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22217816}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 23,
volume = 103,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Mon Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}