Annealing of an AlN buffer layer in N 2 –CO for growth of a high-quality AlN film on sapphire

The annealing of an AlN buffer layer in a carbon-saturated N 2 –CO gas on a sapphire substrate was investigated. The crystal quality of the buffer layer was significantly improved by annealing at 1650–1700 °C. An AlN buffer layer with a thickness of 300 nm was grown by metalorganic vapor phase epita...

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Published in:Applied physics express 2016-02, Vol.9 (2), p.25501
Main Authors: Miyake, Hideto, Nishio, Gou, Suzuki, Shuhei, Hiramatsu, Kazumasa, Fukuyama, Hiroyuki, Kaur, Jesbains, Kuwano, Noriyuki
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Language:English
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Summary:The annealing of an AlN buffer layer in a carbon-saturated N 2 –CO gas on a sapphire substrate was investigated. The crystal quality of the buffer layer was significantly improved by annealing at 1650–1700 °C. An AlN buffer layer with a thickness of 300 nm was grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE), and was annealed at 1700 °C for 1 h. We fabricated a 2-µm-thick AlN layer on the annealed AlN buffer layer by MOVPE. The full widths at half maximum of the (0002)- and ( )-plane X-ray rocking curves were 16 and 154 arcsec, respectively, and the threading dislocation density was 4.7 × 10 8 cm −2 .
ISSN:1882-0778
1882-0786
DOI:10.7567/APEX.9.025501