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Atomic Structure of Defects in GaN:Mg grown with Ga polarity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Z. Liliental-Weber ,
T. Tomaszewicz ,
D. Zakharov ,
J. Jasinski ,
M. A. O'Keefe ,
S. Hautakangas ,
A. Laakso  and
K. Saarinen
Z. Liliental-Weber
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 m/s 62/203
T. Tomaszewicz
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 m/s 62/203
D. Zakharov
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 m/s 62/203
J. Jasinski
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 m/s 62/203
M. A. O'Keefe
Affiliation:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 m/s 62/203
S. Hautakangas
Affiliation:
Helsinki University of Technology. Espoo, Finland
A. Laakso
Affiliation:
Helsinki University of Technology. Espoo, Finland
K. Saarinen
Affiliation:
Helsinki University of Technology. Espoo, Finland
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Abstract

Electron microscope phase images, produced by direct reconstruction of the scattered electron wave from a focal series of high-resolution images, were used to determine the nature of defects formed in GaN:Mg crystals. We studied bulk crystals grown from dilute solutions of atomic nitrogen in liquid gallium at high pressure and thin films grown by the MOCVD method. All the crystals were grown with Ga-polarity. In both types of samples the majority of defects were three dimensional Mg-rich hexagonal pyramids with bases on the (0001) plane and six walls on {1123} planes seen in cross-section as triangulars. Some other defects appear in cross-section as trapezoidal (rectangular) defects as a result of presence of truncated pyramids. Both type of defects have hollow centers. They are decorated by Mg on all six side walls and a base. The GaN which grows inside on the defect walls shows polarity inversion. It is shown that change of polarity starts from the defect tip and propagates to the base, and that the stacking sequence changes from ab in the matrix to bc inside the defect. Exchange of the Ga sublattice with the N sublattice within the defect leads to 0.6±0.2Å displacement between Ga sublattices outside and inside the defects. It is proposed that lateral overgrowth of the cavities formed within the defect takes place to restore matrix polarity on the defect base.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 798: Symposium Y – GaN and Related Alloys , 2003 , Y9.7
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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