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Structural and Optical Properties of AlGaN/GaN Quantum-Well Structures Grown by MOCVD on Sapphire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

R. Niebuhr ,
K. H. Bachem ,
D. Behr ,
C. Hoffmann ,
U. Kaufmann ,
Y. Lu ,
B. Santic ,
J. Wagner ,
M. Arlery  and
J. L. Rouviere
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J. Wagner
Affiliation:
Fraunhofer-lnstitut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Tullastrasse 72, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany
J. L. Rouviere
Affiliation:
CEA-Grenoble, Departement de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matiere Condensee, 17, Rue de Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
H. Jürgensen
Affiliation:
AIXTRON Semiconductor Technologies, Kackertstr. 16–17, D-52072 Aachen, Germany
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Abstract

AlGaN/GaN single quantum wells (QW) have been grown on 2” sapphire substrates (c-plane) by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The well width was varied between 20 and 40 Å for barriers containing 4 % and 16 % of aluminium. Cathodoluminescence (CL) and Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of the samples show, as expected, a shift of the quantum well emission to higher energies with decreasing well width, whereas the barrier luminescence stays at constant energy. Examination of the QWs by resonant Raman spectroscopy tuned to the gap of the well, clearly shows the GaN A1(LO) phonon besides the AlGaN A1(LO) phonon from the barrier. For a well width of 20 Å we observe a shift of the A1(LO) GaN phonon indicating a certain degree of intermixing at the GaN/AlGaN interface. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) reveals that the layers are growing in a 2-dimensional step flow growth mode with step heights of 3 and 6 Å corresponding to mono- and biatomic steps. High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) micrographs of the 40 Å well show a very low interface roughness of 1–2 atomic layers.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 449: Symposium N – III-V Nitrides , 1996 , 769
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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