Characterization Equipment to Enhance Development of Group III Nitride. DURIP-94.

Abstract

This equipment has played a vital role in our development of wide-gap GaN and related AlInGaN alloy semiconductors that are rapidly finding application in optoelectronic and high temperature devices. In particular, the high resolution X-ray diffractometer has enabled us to understand how the thin, low-temperature buffer layer, that is grown before the main III-N epilayer, controls the crystallinity of the epitaxial film. The 244 nm laser is being used as a pump laser for III-N materials and in combination with the XRD system is providing a rapid measure of alloy composition and crystal quality. These measurements are beginning to reveal important information concerning the stability of indium containing III-N alloys, that will have a major impact on heterostructure design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA307667

Entities

People

  • Stephen D. Hersee

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Air Force
  • Cyclotron Resonance
  • Heterojunctions
  • High Resolution
  • High Temperature
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Modules (Electronics)
  • Optical Properties
  • Photoluminescence
  • Polycrystals
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
  • X Rays

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  • Materials science

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  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

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  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene