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MBE Growth of GaN Films in Presence of Surfactants: The Effect of Mg and Si

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

Guido Mula ,
Bruno Daudin ,
Christoph Adelmann  and
Philippe Peyla
Guido Mula
Affiliation:
INFM and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Strada Prov.le Monserrato - Sestu Km 0.700, 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée - SP2M - Laboratoire de Physique des Semiconducteurs, CEA-Grenoble, 17, Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble cedex 9, France
Bruno Daudin
Affiliation:
Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée - SP2M - Laboratoire de Physique des Semiconducteurs, CEA-Grenoble, 17, Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble cedex 9, France
Christoph Adelmann
Affiliation:
Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée - SP2M - Laboratoire de Physique des Semiconducteurs, CEA-Grenoble, 17, Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble cedex 9, France
Philippe Peyla
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés, Maison des Magistères, Université Joseph Fourier-CNRS, BP 166, 38042 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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Abstract

We present here a description and an analysis of the modifications in the growth behaviour of GaN induced by the presence of foreign species. The particular cases of Mg and Si are analysed. Profound changes, both in microscopic and macroscopic scales, occur in presence of Mg, even for fluxes of about 1/1000th of the Ga flux. The growth rate can be increased by almost 50%, depending of the III/V ratio and on the amount of Mg. A theoretical model is proposed to describe the observed effect. It is found that Mg induces changes in the Ga and N diffusion barriers and acts as a surfactant. The effect is stronger on the a-GaN than on the α-GaN, where N is more tightly bonded. The effect of Si is by far less pronounced, probably because it is more easily incorporated than Mg, and its effect on the surface kinetics is then strongly reduced.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 595: Symposium W – GaN and Related Alloys - 1999 , 1999 , F99W3.35
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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