Chemical Beam Epitaxy of Indium Nitride Using Seeded Supersonic Beams of Ammonia and Trimethyl-Indium

Abstract

Low-temperature growth of indium nitride (InN) films on gallium nitride(OOO1) substrates was achieved by supersonic jet epitaxy using ammonia (NH3) and trimethyl-indium (TMIn). Unfortunately, there was no indication of a reaction pathway involving TM In and NH3 that results in InN growth at temperatures less than approximately 500C. We infer that NH3 decomposition is the rate-limiting step in InN growth using NH3 and elemental In or TM In. Highly selective generation of ground-state nitrogen atoms for growth was accomplished using a radio-frequency (rf) discharge supersonic jet source. The rf discharge supersonic jet source was charartized by optical emission spectroscopy and time-of-flight appearance potential mass spectrometry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA411024

Entities

People

  • Harold H. Lamb

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atoms
  • Decomposition
  • Desorption
  • Detectors
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Ground State
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Low Temperature
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mass Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Beams
  • Nitrogen
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectroscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight
  • Microelectronics