Selective area growth of GaN/AlN heterostructures

被引:21
作者
Marx, D
Kawazu, Z
Nakayama, T
Mihashi, Y
Takami, T
Nunoshita, M
Ozeki, T
机构
[1] Mitsubishi Elect Corp, Optoelect & Microwave Devices Lab, Itami, Hyogo 664, Japan
[2] Mitsubishi Elect Corp, Adv Technol R&D Ctr, Thin Film Technol Dept, Itami, Hyogo 664, Japan
[3] Mitsubishi Elect Corp, Adv Technol R&D Ctr, Thin Film Technol Dept, Amagasaki, Hyogo 661, Japan
关键词
SAG; MOVPE; MOCVD; GaN; AlN; selective growth;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-0248(98)00178-X
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
Selective area growth of GaN stripes with a flat and smooth (0 0 0 1) top plane has been achieved by optimizing MOCVD growth conditions. Strain of AlN/GaN heterostructure is reduced on selectively grown stripes even for a total AIN layer thickness of 200 nm. Although AlN growth is observed on SiO2 masked areas, the selectivity of subsequent GaN layers is conserved. In comparison, cracks or macro-step formation appear for growth on wide stripes. Etch pit density of selectively grown GaN/AlN multi-layer structures seems to be greatly reduced to 1/1000 compared to the wide stripe growth. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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