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Insertion of Carbon Interlayer Into GaN Epitaxial Layer

  • Yu, H.S.;Park, S.H.;Kim, M.H.;Moon, D.Y.;Nanishi, Y.;Yoon, E.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2012.02a
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    • pp.148-149
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    • 2012
  • This paper reports doping of carbon atoms in GaN layer, which based on dimethylhydrazine (DMHy) and growth temperature. It is well known that dislocations can act as non-radiative recombination center in light emitting diode (LED). Recently, many researchers have tried to reduce the dislocation density by using various techniques such as lateral epitaxial overgrowth (LEO) [1] and patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) [2], and etc. However, LEO and PSS techniques require additional complicated steps to make masks or patterns on the substrate. Some reports also showed insertion of carbon doped layer may have good effect on crystal quality of GaN layer [3]. Here we report the growth of GaN epitaxial layer by inserting carbon doped GaN layer into GaN epitaxial layer. GaN:C layer growth was performed in metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactor, and DMHy was used as a carbon doping source. We elucidated the role of DMHy in various GaN:C growth temperature. When growth temperature of GaN decreases, the concentration of carbon increases. Hence, we also checked the carbon concentration with DMHy depending on growth temperature. Carbon concentration of conventional GaN is $1.15{\times}1016$. Carbon concentration can be achieved up to $4.68{\times}1,018$. GaN epilayer quality measured by XRD rocking curve get better with GaN:C layer insertion. FWHM of (002) was decreased from 245 arcsec to 234 arcsec and FWHM of (102) decreased from 338 arcsec to 302 arcsec. By comparing the quality of GaN:C layer inserted GaN with conventional GaN, we confirmed that GaN:C interlayer can block dislocations.

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A Study of Epitaxial Growth on the Clean and Surfactant (Sn) Adsorbed Surface of Ge(111) (계면금속(Sn)이 흡착된 Ge(111)표면에서의 Ge의 층상성장에 대한 연구)

  • 곽호원
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.77-81
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    • 1998
  • The eptiaxial growth of Ge on the clean and surfactant (Sn) adsorbed surface of Ge(111) was studied by the intensity oscillation of a RHEED specular spot. In the case of epitaxial growth without the adsorbed surfactant, the RHEED intensity oscillation was stable and periodic up to 24 ML at the substrate temperature of $200^{\circ}C$. Therefore the optimum temperature for the epitaxial growth of Ge on clean Ge(111) seems to be $200^{\circ}C$. However, in the case of epitaxial growth with the adsorbed surfactant, the irregular oscillations are observed in the early stage of the growth. The RHEED intensity osicillation was very stable and periodic up to 38 ML, and the d2$\times$2 structure was not charged with continued adsorption of Ge at the substrate temperature of 2002$\times$2. These results may be explained by the fact that the diffusion length of Ge atoms is increased by decreasing the activation energy of the Ge surface diffusion, resulted by segregation of Sn toward the growing surface.

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Effects of AlN buffer layer on optical properties of epitaxial layer structure deposited on patterned sapphire substrate (패턴화된 사파이어 기판 위에 증착된 AlN 버퍼층 박막의 에피층 구조의 광학적 특성에 대한 영향)

  • Park, Kyoung-Wook;Yun, Young-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2020
  • In this research, 50 nm thick AlN thin films were deposited on the patterned sapphire (0001) substrate by using HVPE (Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy) system and then epitaxial layer structure was grown by MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition). The surface morphology of the AlN buffer layer film was observed by SEM (scanning electron microscopy) and AFM (atomic force microscope), and then the crystal structure of GaN films of the epitaxial layer structure was investigated by HR-XRC (high resolution X-ray rocking curve). The XRD peak intensity of GaN thin film of epitaxial layer structure deposited on AlN buffer layer film and sapphire substrate was rather higher in case of that on PSS than normal sapphire substrate. In AFM surface image, the epitaxial layer structure formed on AlN buffer layer showed rather low pit density and less defect density. In the optical output power, the epitaxial layer structure formed on AlN buffer layer showed very high intensity compared to that of the epitaxial layer structure without AlN thin film.

Growth and Etching of Epitaxial Layer and Polysilicon for the Selective Epitaxy (선택적 에피택시를 위한 에피택셜층 및 폴리실리콘의 성장과 에칭)

  • 조경익;김창수
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.34-40
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    • 1985
  • An investigation has been made on the growth phenomena of epitaxial layer and polysilicon from SiH2 Cl2 in H2 and the etch phenomena of them from HCI in H2, at the system pressures of 1.0 atm (atmospheric process) and 0.1 attn (reduced pressure process). From the experimental equations for the growth rates and etch rates. the relevant process conditions for the selective epitaxy are predicted for the case of using mixtures of SiH2Cl2 and HCI in H2. As a result, it is found that selective epitaxial growth region exists in the concentration range investigated for the reduced pressure process but it does not for the atmospheric Process. This is due to the differences in the growth rates and etch rates at atmospheric and reduced pressure.

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Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of GaAs on Silicon Substrate (실리콘 기판위에 분자선속법으로 생장한 GaAs 에피층)

  • 이동선;우덕하;김대욱;우종천
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.82-91
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    • 1991
  • Molecular beam epitaxial growth of GaAs on Si substrate and the results on its analysis are reported. Epitaxy was performed on two different types of the substrate under various grwth conditions, and was analyzed by scanning and transmission electron microscopes, X-ray diffractometer, photoluminescence and Hall measurements. GaAs epitaxial layer has better crystalline quality when it was grown on a tilt-cut substrate. The stress seems to be releaxed more easily when multi-quantum well was introduced in the buffer layer. The epilayer was doped unintentionally with Si during growth due to the diffusion of the substrate. Also observed is that the quantum efficiency of excitonic radiative recombination of the heteroepitaxy is not as good as that of the homoepitaxy in the same doping level.

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Multi-step growth of a-plane GaN epitaxial layer on r-plane sapphire substrate by HVPE method (HVPE를 이용하여 r-plane 사파이어 위에 multi-step으로 성장시킨 a-plane GaN 에피층의 특성 연구)

  • Lee, Won-Jun;Park, Mi-Seon;Jang, Yeon-Suk;Lee, Won-Jae;Ha, Ju-Hyung;Choi, Young-Jun;Lee, Hae-Yong;Kim, Hong-Seung
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 2016
  • In this study, the crystalline property of a-plane GaN epitaxial layer grown on r-plane sapphire by a HVPE method has been investigated according to the V/III ratio and the growth time of multi-step growth. Furthermore, these results were compared with the previous result obtained from the single-step growth of a-plane GaN on r-plane sapphire substrate. In the multi-step growth for a-plane GaN epitaxial layer on r-plane sapphire, the FWHM values of rocking curve in GaN epitaxial layer were decreased as the HCl source flow rate and the growth time were increased. The void formed in epitaxial layer was continuously decreased as the growth time in first step and second step using a higher HCl flow rate was increased. As a result, the GaN layer obtained with the longest growth time on the first step and second step exhibited the lowest FWHM values of 584 arcsec and the smallest dependence of azimuth angle.

A new strain analysis model in epitaxial multilayer system (다층 구조에 대한 새로운 strain 해석 모델)

  • Jang, Dong-Hyeon;Sim, Jong-In
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2007.07a
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    • pp.237-238
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    • 2007
  • A new strain analysis model, so called the stress matched model, in an epitaxial multilayer system is proposed. The model makes it possible to know the strain, the stress, the elastic strain energy in each epitaxial layer. Analytical formulas of strain parameters in each epitaxial layer are derived under assumptions that the substrate thickness is finite and the in-plane lattice constant is the same for all epitaxial layers for dislocation free growth. As an example, the model is applied to a 405nm InGaN/InGaN multiple quantum well laser diode. Analysis result shows that AlxGa1-xN layer with Al mole fraction of 0.06 and the thickness of 6${\mu}m$ is one of good templates for a laser. In fact, this layer structure coincides with experimentally optimized one.

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Progress in Si crystal and wafer technologies

  • Tsuya, Hideki
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.13-16
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    • 2000
  • Progress in Si crystal and wafer technologies is discussed on single crystal growth, wafer fabrication, epitaxial growth, gettering, 300 mm and SOI. As for bulk crystal growth, the mechanism of grown-in defects (voids) formation, the succes of grown-in defect free crystal growth technology and nitrogen doped crystal are shown. New wafer fabrication technologies such as both-side mirror polishing and etchingless process have been developed. The epitaxial growth of SiGe/Si heterostructure for high speed bipolar device is treated. Gettering technology under low temperature process such as RTP is important, and also it is shown that IG effect for Ni could be predicted using computer simulation of precipitate density and size. The development of 300 mm wafer and SOI has made progress steadily.

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Metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxial growth of vertically well-aligned ZnO nanorods and their photoluminescent properties (수직배향된 산화아연 나노막대의 성장 및 발광특성에 관한 연구)

  • Jeon Yong-Ho;Park Won-Il;Lee Gyu-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2002.07a
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    • pp.174-175
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    • 2002
  • One-dimensional semiconductor nanowires and nanorods have attracted increasing interest due to their unique physical properties and diversity for potential electronic and photonic device applications., Unlike the conventional nanowires fabricated by metal catalyst-assisted vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) method, we developed metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxial (MOVPE) growth for which no catalyst is needed. The structural and photoluminecent properties will also be discussed. (omitted)

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The Physical Properties of Silicon and Silicon-Oxide by Epitaxial Growth (1) (기상성장에 의한 Si단결정과 Si산화막의 특성( 1 ))

  • 성영권;오석주;김석기;이상수
    • 전기의세계
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 1973
  • This paper reports some results of Si and SiO$_{2}$ films obtained from the expitaxial growth by hydrogen reduction of SiCI$_{4}$ with a hydrogen and carbon dioxide mixture in an epitaxial-deposition chamber. The deposited Si and SiO$_{2}$ are studied by observing the process parameters affecting the rate of deposition, and the quantitative properties at the interface of Si and SiO$_{2}$ are also considered briefly according to the results of the optical absorption and the voltage-current characteristic of MOS etc. using step etching procedure for oxide films.

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