TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface modification of cubic GaN buffer layer grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy
AU - Nagayama, Akira
AU - Katayama, Ryuji
AU - Wu, Jun
AU - Onabe, Kentaro
AU - Sawada, Hidetaka
AU - Takuma, Eliko
AU - Ichinose, Hideki
AU - Shiraki, Yasuhiro
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Anisotropic X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and transport properties of cubic GaN grown on GaAs substrates correspond to the features of low-temperature grown GaN (LT-GaN) buffer layer. When the LT-GaN layer is grown on the surface tilted from (001) to [1-10] with annealing in arsenic ambient, the macroscopic step edges along [1-10] direction are modified by either the ambient of thermal annealing, or substrate misorientation. A parallel conduction in GaN, GaAs, and GaN/GaAs hetero-interface was observed by photoconductivity measurements. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation shows that self-annihilations for (-111) B stacking faults are preferentially occurred near GaAs interface when GaN film grown on the surface tilted from (001) toward [1-10] (As step edge) is annealed in arsenic ambient. TEM observation also shows that stacking faults and dislocations are preferentially generated near GaN/GaAs interface. It is suggested that anisotropic transport properties correspond to the well-like potential generated by band bending at GaN/GaAs interface. The nearly isotropic mobility of 3,000 cm2/Vsec at 77K is obtained by improving interface property.
AB - Anisotropic X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and transport properties of cubic GaN grown on GaAs substrates correspond to the features of low-temperature grown GaN (LT-GaN) buffer layer. When the LT-GaN layer is grown on the surface tilted from (001) to [1-10] with annealing in arsenic ambient, the macroscopic step edges along [1-10] direction are modified by either the ambient of thermal annealing, or substrate misorientation. A parallel conduction in GaN, GaAs, and GaN/GaAs hetero-interface was observed by photoconductivity measurements. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation shows that self-annihilations for (-111) B stacking faults are preferentially occurred near GaAs interface when GaN film grown on the surface tilted from (001) toward [1-10] (As step edge) is annealed in arsenic ambient. TEM observation also shows that stacking faults and dislocations are preferentially generated near GaN/GaAs interface. It is suggested that anisotropic transport properties correspond to the well-like potential generated by band bending at GaN/GaAs interface. The nearly isotropic mobility of 3,000 cm2/Vsec at 77K is obtained by improving interface property.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0035742915
VL - 639
SP - G3.20.1-G3.20.6
JO - Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
JF - Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
SN - 0272-9172
T2 - GaN and Related Alloys 2000
Y2 - 27 November 2000 through 1 December 2000
ER -