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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nishinaka, Junichi
• Taniyasu, Yoshitaka
• Akasaka, Tetsuya
• Kumakura, Kazuhide

Titel

Flow-rate modulation epitaxy of nonpolar m-plane AlN homoepitaxial layers grown on AlN bulk substrates

Ist Teil von

• 2016 Compound Semiconductor Week (CSW) [Includes 28th International Conference on Indium Phosphide & Related Materials (IPRM) & 43rd International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS), 2016, p.1-1

Ort / Verlag

IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

IEEE Electronic Library (IEL)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We investigated the surface morphologies of nonpolar m-plane AlN homoepitaxial layers grown by the flow-rate modulation epitaxy (FME) method. As source supply sequences, we adopted conventional metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) and three types of FME: group-III-source FME, group-V-source FME, and FME with groups III and V alternated. We found that each type of FME could improve the surface flatness of m-plane AlN compared to the conventional MOCVD. This suggests that FME can enhance adatom migration on the surface. On the other hand, the degree of step bunching and straightness of step edges depended on the type of FME. Thus, the morphological changes of the m-plane AlN depend on the source supply sequences.