Growth, Nitrogen Vacancy Reduction and Solid Solution Formation in Cubic GaN Thin Films and Subsequent Fabrication of Superlattice Structures Using AlN and InN

Abstract

In the research of this reporting period, A1N films and A1N/GaN layered structures have been grown and structurally, chemically and optically characterized. In addition, BN has been similarly deposited on cubic beta-SiC and diamond substrates. Strained layer superlattices have been fabricated for the first time between GaN and A1N. The energy offset was up to 260 me V for the superlattices with the thinnest barriers. A system for atomic layer epitaxy of GaN and A1N has been designed and is under construction. Cubic BN was deposited on the aforementioned substrates; however, significant carbon was also present. The latter problem has now been resolved. Laser ablation of hexagonal BN was also studied; however, only amorphous, wurtzite and hexagonal (graphitic) BN was detected in the films.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230269

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Paisley
  • Robert F Davis
  • Zlatko Sitar

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ceramic Materials
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Crystal Structure
  • Diffractometers
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Energy Bands
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Microscopy
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition