High optical and structural quality of GaN epilayers grown on (2{sup ¯}01) β-Ga{sub 2}O{sub 3}
- IPFN, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear, Estrada Nacional 10, P-2695-066 Bobadela LRS (Portugal)
- Tamura Corporation, Sayama, Saitama 350-1328 (Japan)
Producing highly efficient GaN-based optoelectronic devices has been a challenge for a long time due to the large lattice mismatch between III-nitride materials and the most common substrates, which causes a high density of threading dislocations. Therefore, it is essential to obtain alternative substrates with small lattice mismatches, appropriate structural, thermal and electrical properties, and a competitive price. Our results show that (2{sup ¯}01) oriented β-Ga{sub 2}O{sub 3} has the potential to be used as a transparent and conductive substrate for GaN-growth. Photoluminescence spectra of thick GaN layers grown on (2{sup ¯}01) oriented β-Ga{sub 2}O{sub 3} are found to be dominated by intense bandedge emission. Atomic force microscopy studies show a modest threading dislocation density of ∼10{sup 8 }cm{sup −2}. X-ray diffraction studies show the high quality of the single-phase wurtzite GaN thin film on (2{sup ¯}01) β-Ga{sub 2}O{sub 3} with in-plane epitaxial orientation relationships between the β-Ga{sub 2}O{sub 3} and the GaN thin film defined by (010) β-Ga{sub 2}O{sub 3} || (112{sup ¯}0) GaN and (2{sup ¯}01) β-Ga{sub 2}O{sub 3} || (0001) GaN leading to a lattice mismatch of ∼4.7%. Complementary Raman spectroscopy indicates that the quality of the GaN epilayer is high.
- OSTI ID:
- 22311364
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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