• 한국재료학회지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.634-638
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• 2011

We report growth of epitaxial AlN thin films on c-plane sapphire substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. To achieve two-dimensional growth the substrates were nitrided by nitrogen plasma prior to the AlN growth, which resulted in the formation of a two-dimensional single crystalline AlN layer. The formation of the two-dimensional AlN layer by the nitridation process was confirmed by the observation of streaky reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) patterns. The growth of AlN thin films was performed on the nitrided AlN layer by changing the Al beam flux with the fixed nitrogen flux at 860$^{\circ}C$. The growth mode of AlN films was also affected by the beam flux. By increasing the Al beam flux, two-dimensional growth of AlN films was favored, and a very flat surface with a root mean square roughness of 0.196 nm (for the 2 ${\mu}m$ ${\times}$ 2 ${\mu}m$ area) was obtained. Interestingly, additional diffraction lines were observed for the two-dimensionally grown AlN films, which were probably caused by the Al adlayer, which was similar to a report of Ga adlayer in the two-dimensional growth of GaN. Al droplets were observed in the sample grown with a higher Al beam flux after cooling to room temperature, which resulted from the excessive Al flux.

• Current Applied Physics
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1558-1563
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• 2018

We demonstrate improved surface pit and phase separation in thick InGaN grown on a GaN/Si (111) substrate, using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy with an indium modulation technique. The formation of surface pit and compositional inhomogeneity in the InGaN epilayer are investigated using atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and temperature-dependent photoluminescence. Indium elemental mapping directly reveals that poor compositional homogeneity occurs near the pits. The indium-modulation epitaxy of InGaN minimizes the surface indium segregation, leading to the reduction in pit density and size. The phase separation in InGaN with a higher pit density is significantly suppressed, suggesting that the pit formation and the phase separation are correlated. We propose an indium migration model for the correlation between surface pit and phase separation in InGaN.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 1996년도 제11회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.34-35
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• 1996

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.84-90
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• 2005

분자선에피를 이용한 $In_{0.2}Ga_{0.8}N/GaN$ 이종접합 구조의 에피성장에 미치는 플라즈마의 rf전력의 영향에 대해 고찰하였다. 플라즈마를 발생시키는 rf 전력과 플라즈마 챔버압력의 조건에 따라 성장표면에 도달하는 분자나 원자의 에너지와 flux가 조절되어 에피성장 속도와 물질적 특성을 변화시킨다. 전력이 너무 낮거나 높은 조건에서 표면거칠기와 광특성이 각각 저하된 결과를 보였으며, 적정한 전력인 400W에서 성장한 $In_{0.2}Ga_{0.8}N/GaN$이 종접합 구조에서 날카로운 계면과 강한 photoluminescence 피크를 보였다. 이러한 현상에 대한 원인으로 고에너지 입자들이 성장표면에서 작용하는 기구들인 플라즈마에 의한 탈착과 표면확산, 성장표면의 하부에 주입되는 결함의 발생에 대하여 논하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.203.1-203.1
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• 2013

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocrystalline thin films on various growth temperatures for active layer and different buffer layer thickness were grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE) on Si substrates. The ZnO active layer were grown with various growth temperature from 500 to $800^{\circ}C$ and the ZnO buffer layer were grown for different time from 5 to 40 minutes. To investigate the structural and optical properties of the ZnO thin films, scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy were used, respectively. In the SEM images, the ZnO thin films have high densification of grains and good roughness and uniformity at $800^{\circ}C$ for active layer growth temperature and 20 minutes for buffer layer growth time, respectively. The PL spectra of ZnO buffer layers and active layers display sharp near band edge (NBE) emissions in UV range and broad deep level emissions (DLE) in visible range. The intensity of NBE peaks for the ZnO thin films significantly increase with increase in the active layer growth temperature. In addition, the NBE peak at 20 minutes for buffer layer growth time has the largest emission intensity and the intensity of DLE peaks decrease with increase in the growth time.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.95-99
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• 2018

We discuss the structural and optical characteristics of GaN nanowires (NWs) grown on Si(111) substrates by a plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy. The GaN NWs with high crystal quality were formed by adopting a new growth approach, so called Ga pre-deposition (GaPD) method. In the GaPD, only Ga was supplied without nitrogen flux on a SiN/Si surface, resulting in the formation of Ga droplets. The Ga droplets were used as initial nucleation sites for the growth of GaN NWs. The GaN NWs with the average heights of 60.10 to 214.62 nm obtained by increasing growth time. The hexagonal-shaped top surfaces and facets were observed from the field-emission electron microscope images of GaN NWs, indicating that the NWs have the wurtzite (WZ) crystal structure. Strong peaks of GaN (0002) corresponding to WZ structures were also observed from double crystal x-ray diffraction rocking curves of the NW samples. At room temperature, free-exciton emissions were observed from GaN NWs with narrow linewidth broadenings, indicating to the formation of high-quality NWs.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.579-585
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• 2019

In this study, we investigate the effect of Al/N source ratios and growth rates on the growth and structural properties of AlN films on c-plane sapphires by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Both growth rates and Al/N ratios affect crystal qualities of AlN films. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) values of ($10{\bar{1}}5$) X-ray rocking curves (XRCs) change from 0.22 to $0.31^{\circ}$ with changing of the Al/N ratios, but the curves of (0002) XRCs change from 0.04 to $0.45^{\circ}$ with changing of the Al/N ratios. This means that structural deformation due to dislocations is slightly affected by the Al/N ratio in the ($10{\bar{1}}5$) XRCs but affected strongly for the (0002) XRCs. From the viewpoint of growth rate, the AlN films with high growth rate (HGR) show better crystal quality than the low growth rate (LGR) films overall, as shown by the FWHM values of the (0002) and ($10{\bar{1}}5$) XRCs. Based on cross-sectional transmission electron microscope observation, the HGR sample with an Al/N ratio of 3.1 shows more edge dislocations than there are screw and mixed dislocations in the LGR sample with Al/N ratio of 3.5.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.409-413
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• 2010

실리콘 기판에 GaN 에피성장을 확인하기 위해, P형 Si(100) 기판 전면에 버퍼층으로 10 nm 두께의 코발트실리사이드를 형성시켰다. 형성된 코발트실리사이드 층을 HF로 크리닝하고, PA-MBE (plasma assisted-molecular beam epitaxy)를 써서 저온에서 500 nm의 GaN를 성막하였다. 완성된 GaN은 광학현미경, 주사탐침현미경, TEM, HR-XRD를 활용하여 특성을 확인하였다. HF 크리닝을 하지 않은 경우에는 GaN 에피택시 성장이 진행되지 않았다. HF 크리닝을 실시한 경우에는 실리사이드 표면의 국부적인 에칭에 의해 GaN성장이 유리하여 모두 GaN $4\;{\mu}m$ 정도의 두께를 가진 에피택시 성장이 진행되었다. XRD로 GaN의 <0002> 방향의 결정성 (crsytallinity)을 $\omega$-scan으로 판단한 결과 Si(100) 기판의 경우 2.7도를 보여 기존의 사파이어 기판 정도로 우수할 가능성이 있었다. 나노급 코발트실리사이드를 버퍼로 채용하여 GaN의 에피성장이 가능할 수 있었다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.463-467
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• 2007

[ $Al_2O_3$ ]기판을 산소 plasma 또는 수소 plasma로 표면 처리한 후 그 위에 plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy 방법으로 성장된 ZnO 박막의 구조적 특성과 광학적 발광 특성을 체계적으로 조사하였다. 제작된 ZnO 박막은 high resolution X-ray diffraction 측정과 atomic force microscope를 사용하여 구조적 특성과 표면 특성을 관찰하였으며, photoluminescence (PL) 측정을 통하여 엑시톤과 관련된 광학적 전이특성을 온도에 따라 조사하였다. free exciton, bound exciton, 그리고 이들의 phonon replica들의 특성을 온도에 따라 분석하였으며, 산소 plasma로 표면 처리한 시료의 PL 세기가 수소 plasma 표면 처리한 시료의 PL 세기보다 상당히 커짐을 관찰하였다. 산소 plasma로 처리된 기판 위에 성장된 ZnO 시료가 수소 plasma로 처리된 경우보다 우수한 구조적 특성과 광학적 특성을 보였는데, 이는 산소 plasma로 표면 처리함으로써 산소 공공(oxygen vacancy)과 같은 결함 구조가 적게 생성되고 좋은 격자 상수 일치를 보여주므로 구조적 특징과 발광 특징이 향상되는 것으로 해석되었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.563-567
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• 2011

We report the structural characterization of $Bi_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films grown on c-plane sapphire substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. By increasing the Bi flux during the growth process, $Bi_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films with various Bi contents (x = 0~13.17 atomic %) were prepared. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements revealed the formation of Bi-oxide phase in (Bi)ZnO after increasing the Bi content. However, it was impossible to determine whether the formed Bi-oxide phase was the monoclinic structure ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$ or the tetragonal structure ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ by means of XRD ${\theta}-2{\theta}$ measurements, as the observed diffraction peaks of the $2{\theta}$ value at ~28 were very close to reflection of the (012) plane for the monoclinic structure ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$ at 28.064 and the reflection of the (201) plane for the tetragonal structure ${\beta}-Bi_2O_3$ at 27.946. By means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) using a diffraction pattern analysis and a high-resolution lattice image, it was finally determined as the monoclinic structure ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$ phase. To investigate the distribution of the Bi and Bi-oxide phases in BiZnO films, elemental mapping using energy dispersive spectroscopy equipped with TEM was performed. Considering both the XRD and the elemental mapping results, it was concluded that hexagonal-structure wurtzite $Bi_xZn_{1-x}O$ thin films were grown at a low Bi content (x = ~2.37 atomic %) without the formation of ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$. However, the increased Bi content (x = 4.63~13.17 atomic %) resulted in the formation of the ${\alpha}-Bi_2O_3$ phase in the wurtzite (Bi)ZnO matrix.