Introducing Voids around the Interlayer of AlN by High Temperature Annealing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianwei Ben ◽  
Jiangliu Luo ◽  
Zhichen Lin ◽  
Xiaojuan Sun ◽  
Xinke Liu ◽  
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Abstract To introduce voids at certain height in AlN layer by a simple method is meaningful but challenging. In this work, the AlN/sapphire template with AlN interlayer structure has been designed and grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. Then the AlN template was annealed at 1700℃ for an hour to introduce the voids. It has been found that the voids were formed in the AlN layer after high temperature annealing and the positions of the voids were mainly distributed around the AlN interlayer. Meanwhile, the dislocation density of the AlN template has been decreased from 5.26×109 cm-2 to 5.10×108 cm-2. This work provides a possible method to introduce voids in AlN layer at designated height, which will benefit the design of AlN-based devices.

2008 ◽  
Vol 1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Hun Jang ◽  
A M Herrero ◽  
Seungyoung Son ◽  
B Gila ◽  
C Abernathy ◽  
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ABSTRACTGaN layers were grown on c-plane sapphire substrates by using a conventional two step growth method via metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The effect of different growth conditions used in the deposition of the low temperature nucleation layer and high temperature islands on the crystalline quality of the GaN layers was investigated by high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The polar (tilt) and azimuthal (twist) spread were estimated from the full width at half maximum (FWHM) values of the omega rocking curves (¥ø-RCs) recorded from the planes parallel and perpendicular to the sample surface. It was found from the XRD and TEM study that the edge and mixed type threading dislocations are dominant defects so that the relevant figure of merit (FOM) for the crystalline quality should be considered only by the FWHM value of ¥ø-RC of the surface perpendicular plane. The result showed that the mixed- and edge-types dislocations were strongly associated with the growth conditions used in the deposition of the nucleation layer and high temperature islands.


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