AVS 45th International Symposium
    Selected Energy Epitaxy Topical Conference Thursday Sessions
       Session SE-ThA

Invited Paper SE-ThA3
Homoepitaxial Growth of GaN Using Seeded Supersonic Molecular Beams

Thursday, November 5, 1998, 2:40 pm, Room 327

Session: Seeded Supersonic Beam Epitaxial Growth
Presenter: H.H. Lamb, North Carolina State University
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The optoelectronics applications of the Group III-nitrides have stimulated great interest in low-temperature epitaxial growth of GaN. As the quality of heteroepitaxial GaN films is limited by lattice mismatch between the film and typical substrates (e.g., sapphire and 6H-SiC), we have chosen to focus on homoepitaxial growth of epilayers on high-quality MOVPE-grown GaN substrates. Hyperthermal beams of neutral molecules (e.g., NH@sub 3@) are employed as alternatives to plasma and/or ion sources for low-temperature growth. Hyperthermal molecular beams with narrow energy distributions are generated by seeding heavy species in a supersonic expansion of a lighter gas (typically He or H@sub 2@). In this presentation, homoepitaxial growth of GaN using dual seeded supersonic molecular beams of NH@sub 3@ and triethylgallium (TEG) will be described. The results will be compared to those obtained using an NH@sub 3@-seeded supersonic molecular beam and a conventional Ga effusion cell. The influence of precursor kinetic energy on growth kinetics and film morphology will be discussed.