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Properties of InN layers grown by High Pressure CVD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Mustafa Alevli ,
Goksel Durkaya ,
Ronny Kirste ,
Aruna Weesekara ,
Unil Perera ,
William Fenwick ,
Vincent Woods ,
Ian T. Ferguson ,
Axel Hoffmann  and
Nikolaus Dietz
Mustafa Alevli
Affiliation:
Georgia State University, Physics & Astronomy, 29 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States, 404-463 9617, 404-651 1427
Goksel Durkaya
Affiliation:
goksel@phy-astr.gsu.edu, Georgia State University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
Ronny Kirste
Affiliation:
roki48@gmx.de, Georgia State University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
Aruna Weesekara
Affiliation:
aweerasekara1@student.gsu.edu, Georgia State University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
Unil Perera
Affiliation:
uperera@gsu.edu, Georgia State University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
William Fenwick
Affiliation:
fenwick@ece.gatech.edu, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ECE, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States
Vincent Woods
Affiliation:
vincent.woods@ece.gatech.edu, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ECE, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States
Ian T. Ferguson
Affiliation:
ianf@ece.gatech.edu, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ECE, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States
Axel Hoffmann
Affiliation:
axel0431@mailszrz.zrz.tu-berlin.de, Technical University Berlin, Department of Physics, Berlin, D-10623, Germany
Nikolaus Dietz
Affiliation:
ndietz@gsu.edu, Georgia State University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
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Abstract

Indium nitride (InN) and indium-rich group III-nitride alloys are promising materials for advanced optoelectronic device applications. Indium-rich alloys, e.g. (Ga1-y-xAlyInx)N will enable the fabrication of high-efficient light emitting diodes tunable in the whole visible spectral region, as well as advanced high speed optoelectronics for optical communication operating. The present limitation in this area is the growth of high quality InN and indium-rich group III-nitride alloys as documented in many controversial reports on the true physical properties of InN. The difficulties arise from the low dissociation temperature of InN that requires an extraordinarily high nitrogen overpressure to stabilize the material up to optimum growth temperatures. We developed a novel “high-pressure chemical vapor deposition” (HPCVD) system, capable to control and analyze the vast different partial pressures of the constituents. Our results show that the chosen HPCVD pathway leads to high-quality single crystalline InN, demonstrating that HPCVD is a viable tool for the growth of indium rich group III nitride alloys. The structural analysis of InN deposited on GaN-sapphire substrate by XRD show single phase InN(0002) peaks with full width half maximum (FWHM) around 400 arcsec. Infrared reflectance spectroscopy is used to analyze the plasmon frequencies, high frequency dielectric constants, the free carrier concentrations and carrier mobilities in these layers. For nominal undoped InN layers, free carrier concentrations in the mid 1019 cm−3 and mobilities around 600 cm−2-V-1-s-1 are observed. Further improvements are expected as the growth parameters are optimized. The explored growth parameters are close to of those employed for GaN growth conditions, which is a major step towards the fabrication of indium rich (Ga1−y−xAlyInx)N alloys and heterostructures.

Keywords

crystal growthIII-Voptical properties
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 955: Symposium I – Advances in III-V Nitride Semiconductor Materials and Devices , 2006 , 0955-I08-04
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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