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Optoelectronic and Structural Properties of High-Quality GaN Grown by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

R.J. Molnar ,
R. Aggarwal ,
Z.L. Liau ,
E.R. Brown ,
I. Melngailis ,
W. Götz ,
L.T. Romano  and
N.M. Johnson
R.J. Molnar
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02173-9108
R. Aggarwal
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02173-9108
Z.L. Liau
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02173-9108
E.R. Brown
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02173-9108
I. Melngailis
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02173-9108
W. Götz
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304
L.T. Romano
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304
N.M. Johnson
Affiliation:
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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Abstract

Gallium nitride (GaN) films have been grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) in a vertical reactor design. We report on GaN growth directly on sapphire using a GaCl surface pretreatment. The electrical properties of these films compare favorably with the highest values reported in the literature for GaN. Specifically, a room temperature Hall mobility as high as 540 cm2 /V-s, with a corresponding carrier concentration of 2×1017 cm−3, have been attained. Additionally, the vesical reactor design has assisted in reducing nonuniformities in both film thickness as well as in transport properties due to depletion effects, as compared with horizontal designs. The dislocation density in these films has been determined by plan-view transmission electron microscopy to be ∼3×l08 cm−2 .

Photoluminescence spectra obtained at 2 K show intense, sharp, near-bandedge emission with minimal deep level emissions. Stimulated emission has been observed in these films, utilizing a nitrogen laser pump source (λ=337.1 nm) with a threshold pump power of ∼0.5 MW/cm2 . These results suggest that HVPE is viable for the growth of high-quality nitride films, particularly for the subsequent homoepitaxial overgrowth of device structures by other growth methods such as OMVPE and MBE.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 395: Symposium AAA – Gallium Nitride and Related Materials: The First International Symp , 1995 , 189
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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