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2019 Vol.29, Issue 10
Effects of Growth Rate and III/V Ratio on Properties of AlN Films Grown on c-Plane Sapphire Substrates by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Se Hwan Lim1
,
Eun-Jung Shin1
,
Hyo Sung Lee2
,
Seok Kyu Han2
,
Duc Duy Le2
,
Soon-Ku Hong2†
1Graduate School of Energy Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
†Corresponding author E-Mail : soonku@cnu.ac.kr (S.-K. Hong, Chungnam Nat’l Univ.)
October 2019. pp. 579-585
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Abstract

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 (1015) X-ray rocking curves (XRCs) change from 0.22 to 0.31° with changing of the Al/N ratios, but the curves of (0002) XRCs change from 0.04 to 0.45° 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 (1015) 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 (1015) 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.

Keywords
AlN
III/V ratio
growth rate
dislocation
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  • Publisher :Materials Research Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국재료학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Materials Research
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국재료학회지
  • Volume : 29
  • No :10
  • Pages :579-585
  • Received Date : 2019-06-10
  • Revised Date : 2019-09-10
  • Accepted Date : 2019-09-10
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.3740/MRSK.2019.29.10.579
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