High quality epitaxial AlN and AlxGa1-xN layers have been grown by organo-metallic vapor-phase epitaxy on single crystal a-face AlN substrates. Here we report the characterization of these layers using Rutherford backscattering/ion channeling spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, double crystal x-ray diffraction, and preliminary electrical results. Ion channeling along the [112¯0] axis gave a minimum yield of 1.5% for an AlN layer and 2.2% for an Al0.5Ga0.5N, indicating excellent crystal quality. A resistivity of 20 Ω cm and a mobility of 20 cm2/V s was measured in a Si-doped, 1-μm-thick Al0.5Ga0.5N grown epitaxially on the AlN substrates. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Published in:
Applied Physics Letters
(Volume:76
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Issue:
8
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Date of Publication:
Feb 2000
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985
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987
- ISSN :
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0003-6951
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1063/1.125914
- Product Type:
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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18 June 2009
- Issue Date :
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Feb 2000