Structural quality of pseudomorphic Zn0.5Cd0.5Se layers grown on an InGaAs or InP buffer layer on (0 0 1) InP substrates

1997 ◽  
Vol 179 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Snoeks ◽  
L. Zhao ◽  
B. Yang ◽  
A. Cavus ◽  
L. Zeng ◽  
...  
2002 ◽  
Vol 743 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. D. Lee ◽  
R. M. Feenstra ◽  
J. E. Northrup ◽  
L. Lymperakis ◽  
J. Neugebauer

ABSTRACTM-plane GaN(1100) is grown by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy on ZnO(1100) substrates. A low-temperature GaN buffer layer is found to be necessary to obtain good structural quality of the films. Well oriented (1100) GaN films are obtained, with a slate like surface morphology. On the GaN(1100) surfaces, reconstructions with symmetry of c(2×2) and approximate “4×5” are found under N- and Ga-rich conditions, respectively. We propose a model for Ga-rich conditions with the “4×5” structure consisting of ≥ 2 monolayers of Ga terminating the GaN surface.


1999 ◽  
Vol 595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil Sharma ◽  
David Tricker ◽  
Vicki Keast ◽  
Stewart Hooper ◽  
Jon Heffernan ◽  
...  

AbstractAlthough GaN has been grown mainly by metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD), molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) offers the advantages of lower growth temperatures and a more flexible control over doping elements and their concentrations [1]. We are growing GaN by MBE on sapphire substrates, using a GaN buffer layer to reduce the misfit strain, thus improving the structural quality of the epilayer. The quality of the GaN epilayers (in terms of their photoluminescence, mobility and structure) has been investigated as a function of the buffer layer thickness and annealing time.The investigation showed that increasing the buffer layer thickness improved the mobility of the material because the defect density in the GaN epilayer decreased. Optical characterisation showed that the ratio of the donor band exciton (DBE) peak (3.47eV) to the structural peak (3.27eV) in the photoluminescence spectrum, measured at 10K, increased with decreasing defect density. The unwanted structural peak can be considered to originate from a shallow donor to a shallow acceptor transition, which is clearly related to the structural defects in GaN. Thus by increasing the buffer layer thickness and annealing time the structural quality, mobility and photoluminescence improves in the GaN epilayers.Structural characterisation by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that the observed increase in the DBE to structural peak ratio in the photoluminescence spectra could be correlated with a decrease in the density of stacking faults in the GaN epilayers. The detailed structure of these stacking faults was investigated by dark field and high resolution TEM. Their effect on the electrical and optical behaviour of GaN may be assessed by determining the local change in the dielectric function in the vicinity of individual stacking faults.


Author(s):  
Д.А. Кириленко ◽  
А.В. Мясоедов ◽  
А.Е. Калмыков ◽  
Л.М. Сорокин

Structural features of the interface between semipolar gallium nitride layer and buffer layer of aluminum nitride grown on a SiC/Si(001) template misoriented by an angle of 7° were studied by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The effect of interface morphology on the structural quality of the gallium nitride layer is revealed: faceted structure the surface of the buffer layer reduces the threading dislocations density.


2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 889-894
Author(s):  
I. A. Belogorohov ◽  
A. A. Donskov ◽  
S. N. Knyazev ◽  
Yu. P. Kozlova ◽  
V. F. Pavlov ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 70 (17) ◽  
pp. 2259-2261 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Snoeks ◽  
S. Herko ◽  
L. Zhao ◽  
B. Yang ◽  
A. Cavus ◽  
...  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masao Kamiko ◽  
Hiroyuki Mizuno ◽  
Guang-Hong Lu ◽  
Yao-Min Zhou ◽  
Ryoichi Yamamoto

AbstractAu/Co(111) multilayers and a Au buffer layer were grown by MBE on Al2O3(0001) substrates using a thin Co seed layer. The influence of the Co layer on the structure of the Au/Co multilayers was studied by X-ray diffraction and reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED), and compared to its effect on the magnetic anisotropy. The Au buffer layer grown on Al2O3(0001) substrates display a large fraction of (111) fiber texture, giving rise to a lack of lateral continuity in the film. The initial deposition of a few monolayers of Co onto Al2O3(0001) substrates prior to deposition of the Au buffer layer yielded (111) epitaxial films with no texture. The use of this seeded epitaxy results in a highly improved structural quality of Au/Co(111) multilayers. From the results of Low-angle X-ray diffraction and RHEED observations, we confirmed that the interfaces of Au/Co multilayers with Co seed layer are sharper than those without Co seed layer. It cleary shows that the use of Co seed layer improved the periodicity of Au/Co multilayers. The magnetic anisotropy energy of Au/Co multilayers increased by using the Co seed layer, and the high quality of structure results larger perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (3s) ◽  
pp. 154-159
Author(s):  
Н.Н. Егоров ◽  
С.А. Голубков ◽  
С.Д. Федотов ◽  
В.Н. Стаценко ◽  
А.А. Романов ◽  
...  

Высокая плотность структурных дефектов является основной проблемой при изготовлении электроники на гетероструктурах «кремний на сапфире» (КНС). Современный метод получения ультратонких структур КНС с помощью твердофазной эпитаксиальной рекристаллизации позволяет значительно снизить дефектность в гетероэпитаксиальном слое КНС. В данной работе ультратонкие (100 нм) слои КНС были получены путем рекристаллизации и утонения субмикронных (300 нм) слоев кремния на сапфире, обладающих различным структурным качеством. Плотность структурных дефектов в слоях КНС оценивалась с помощью рентгеноструктурного анализа и просвечивающей электронной микроскопии. Кривые качания от дифракционного отражения Si(400), полученные в ω-геометрии, продемонстрировали максимальную ширину на полувысоте пика не более 0,19-0,20° для ультратонких слоев КНС толщиной 100 нм. Формирование структурно совершенного субмикронного слоя КНС 300 нм на этапе газофазной эпитаксии обеспечивает существенное уменьшение плотности дислокаций в ультратонком кремнии на сапфире до значений ~1 • 104 см-1. Тестовые n-канальные МОП-транзисторы на ультратонких структурах КНС характеризовались подвижностью носителей в канале 725 см2 Вс-1. The high density of structural defects is the main problem on the way to the production of electronics on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) heteroepitaxial wafers. The modern method of obtaining ultrathin SOS wafers is solid-phase epitaxial recrystallization which can significantly reduce the density of defects in the SOS heteroepitaxial layers. In the current work, ultrathin (100 nm) SOS layers were obtained by recrystallization and thinning of submicron (300 nm) SOS layers, which have various structural quality. The density of structural defects in the layers was estimated by using XRD and TEM. Full width at half maximum of rocking curves (ω-geometry) was no more than 0.19-0.20° for 100 nm ultra-thin SOS layers. The structural quality of 300 nm submicron SOS layers, which were obtained by CVD, depends on dislocation density in 100 nm ultrathin layers. The dislocation density in ultrathin SOS layers was reduced by ~1 • 104 cm-1 due to the utilization of the submicron SOS with good crystal quality. Test n-channel MOS transistors based on ultra-thin SOS wafers were characterized by electron mobility in the channel 725 cm2 V-1 s-1.


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