AVS 54th International Symposium
    Renewable Energy Science & Technology Topical Conference Wednesday Sessions
       Session EN+TF+SS-WeA

Paper EN+TF+SS-WeA1
ENABLE-based Low Temperature Growth of In-rich InGaN Films

Wednesday, October 17, 2007, 1:40 pm, Room 602/603

Session: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, and Alternative Energy Materials and Applications
Presenter: T.L. Williamson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Authors: T.L. Williamson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
M.A. Hoffbauer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
N. Miller, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
R.E. Jones, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
K.M. Yu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
P. Flanigan, University of California, Berkeley
J. Wu, University of California, Berkeley
J.W. Ager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Z. Liliental-Weber, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
E.E. Haller, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
W. Walukiewicz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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The different optimum growth temperatures for the group III-nitride compounds (e.g. GaN >900C and InN ~550C) make the growth of In-rich and fully compositionally graded InGaN films by MOCVD or MBE a considerable technological challenge. Recently, energetic neutral atomic-beam lithography & epitaxy (ENABLE) has been developed at LANL that makes possible isothermal low-temperature growth of high-quality GaN and InxGa1-xN alloys over the entire composition range (02/ V.sec. We will also present characterization results for compositionally graded films grown from pure GaN and grading to InN and from pure InN and grading to GaN. These results establish ENABLE as a new technique uniquely capable of growing InGaN films of widely varying composition including compositionally graded InGaN films and InN/GaN heterostructures.