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Surface Morphology Improvement of Non-Polar a-Plane GaN Using a Low-Temperature GaN Insertion Layer |
| Shen Yan1,2, Xiao-Tao Hu1,2, Jun-Hui Die1,2, Cai-Wei Wang1,2, Wei Hu1,2, Wen-Liang Wang3, Zi-Guang Ma1,2, Zhen Deng1,2,4, Chun-Hua Du1,2,4, Lu Wang1,2, Hai-Qiang Jia1,2,5, Wen-Xin Wang1,2,5, Yang Jiang1,2**, Guoqiang Li3**, Hong Chen1,2,5 |
1Key Laboratory for Renewable Energy, Beijing Key Laboratory for New Energy Materials and Devices, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
2Center of Materials and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
3State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640
4The Yangtze River Delta Physics Research Center, Liyang 213000
5Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808
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Shen Yan, Xiao-Tao Hu, Jun-Hui Die et al 2020 Chin. Phys. Lett. 37 038102 |
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Abstract We demonstrate that a low-temperature GaN insertion layer could significantly improve the surface morphology of non-polar a-plane GaN.The two key factors in improving the surface morphology of non-polar a-plane GaN are growth temperature and growth time of the GaN insertion layer. The root-mean-square roughness of a-plane GaN is reduced by 75% compared to the sample without the GaN insertion layer. Meanwhile, the GaN insertion layer is also beneficial for improving crystal quality. This work provides a simple and effective method to improve the surface morphology of non-polar a-plane GaN.
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Received: 11 November 2019
Published: 22 February 2020
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81.05.Ea
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(III-V semiconductors)
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81.10.St
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(Growth in controlled gaseous atmospheres)
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81.10.-h
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(Methods of crystal growth; physics and chemistry of crystal growth, crystal morphology, and orientation)
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| Fund: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11574362 and 61704008). |
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