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Microstructural Study of GaN Grown on Sapphire by MOCVD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Saket Chadda ,
Mike Pelcynski ,
Kevin Malloy  and
Steve Hersee
Saket Chadda
Affiliation:
Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Mike Pelcynski
Affiliation:
Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Kevin Malloy
Affiliation:
Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Steve Hersee
Affiliation:
Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
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Abstract

Cross-sectional Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) was used to probe dislocation density and crystallographic orientation relationships in epitaxial GaN layers grown on (0001) sapphire substrates. These Metallo-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposited (MOCVD) structures contained a 200 Å A1N buffer layer. Previous studies1 have incorporated 500 Å (or thicker) A1N buffer layers. It was found that thinner A1N buffer layers may be used without deterioration of GaN crystal quality. Threading dislocation density of ~108 #/cm2 was estimated from bright field micrographs. The relative crystallographic orientations of the substrate and epi-layers was determined by comparing real and simulated electron diffraction patterns. This revealed a 30° ‘twist’ between the basal plane of the sapphire substrate and the AlN/GaN epilayers. XTEM including High Resolution TEM (HRTEM) and HRTEM image simulations are presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 326: Symposium M – Growth, Processing, and Characterization of Semiconductor Heterostructures , 1993 , 353
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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