Growth and characterizations of GaN on SiC substrates with buffer layers

High quality GaN epitaxial layers were grown on 6H-SiC substrates by using low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition method, Samples employing a three-period GaN/Al0.08Ga0.92N (100 Angstrom/100 Angstrom) as a buffer layer produce a good quality GaN epitaxial layer, with mobility and carrier concentration of 612 cm(2)/V.s and 1.3x10(17) cm(-3) (at 300 K), respectively, The enhanced electron mobility in the Al0.08Ga0.92N/GaN heterostructures is also observed, By using the van der Pauw method of Hall measurement, the sheet carrier density and mobility at 4.2 K for the Al0.08Ga0.92N/GaN heterostructure are 5.8x10(12) cm(-2) and 5300 cm(2)/V.s, respectively. Strong SdH (Shubnikov-de Haas) oscillations were observed to confirm the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) phenomenon at the AlGaN/GaN top heterointerface. In addition, an extra SdH oscillation also resulted from the high-duality 2DEG channel of the GaN/AlGaN bottom heterointerface. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.