Mg-enhanced lateral overgrowth of GaN on patterned GaN/sapphire substrate by selective Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research
Abstract
Selective and lateral overgrowth by Metal Organics Vapour Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE) was carried out until coalescence to produce smooth and optically flat thick GaN layers. A GaN epitaxial layer is first grown using atmospheric pressure Metalorganic Vapour Phase Epitaxy on a {0001} Al2O3. substrate. Then a 30Å silicon nitride dielectric film is deposited in-situ by reaction of silane and ammonia to form a selective mask. Afterwards, the openings and the figures in the dielectric films are achieved using standard photolithographic technology. Stripes openings in the mask, revealing free GaN surface, are aligned in the 〈100〉 direction. Typical stripes spacing and width are 10 µm and 5 µm respectively. These patterned layers are further on used for epitaxial regrowth of GaN by MOVPE. The growth anisotropy and therefore the coalescence process is achieved by introducing (MeCp)2Mg in the vapour phase. A two-step process is reported which allows a dramatic reduction of threading dislocations density not only above the masked areas but also above the windows opened in the mask. With this process, very sharp bound exciton luminescence peaks are measured at low temperature in the overgrown GaN.Keywords
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