石英钟罩对MPCVD金刚石膜沉积的影响

为了提高高品质金刚石膜的沉积速率,利用CST三维电磁场仿真软件,模拟了Diamo Tek700微波等离子体化学气相沉积设备中,在忽略等离子体存在的前提条件下,石英钟罩的厚度和形状对沉积金刚石膜的基片表面电场分布的影响.同时采用壁厚3 mm,3.5 mm和4mm的平顶和壁厚4 mm的圆顶钟罩分别进行了金刚石膜的沉积实验.模拟结果显示,对于同一类型的石英钟罩,壁厚的变化(3 ～4 mm)对基片表面平均电场影响不大;而壁厚相同的圆顶钟罩情况下基片表面平均电场则比平顶的高出10;.壁厚4 mm的圆顶石英钟罩得到了相对较高且均匀的电场分布.结果表明,沉积速率与模拟的基片表面电场强度存在对应关系;采用壁厚4 mm圆顶钟罩与原厂设计的壁厚3 mm平顶钟罩相比,在相同的工艺条件下,沉积速率提高一倍,达到1.4 μm/h.     

分子束外延生长InGaN/AlN量子点的组分研究

报道了分子束外延生长的绿光波段InGaN/AlN量子点材料,并综合考虑InGaN量子点的应变弛豫,以及应力和量子限制斯塔克效应对量子点发光波长的影响,提出了一种结合反射式高能电子衍射原位测量与光致荧光测量确定InGaN量子点组分的方法.     

AlN/蓝宝石模板上生长的GaN研究

研究了在分子束外延制备的AlN/蓝宝石模板上采用金属有机物化学气相外延生长的非故意掺杂GaN的材料性质.采用X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电镜(TEM)和原子力显微镜研究了AlN模板的晶体质量和表面相貌对GaN的影响.结果表明,当AlN的表面粗糙度较小时,尽管AlN模板的位错密度较高((102)面XRD ω扫描半高全宽900—1500 arcsec),但生长得到的GaN依然具有和在蓝宝石衬底上采用"二步法"生长的GaN可比拟的晶体质量((002)面XRD ω扫描半高全宽200—30 关键词： 氮化镓 氮化铝 金属有机物化学气相外延     

Effects of AlN nucleation layer thickness on crystal quality of AlN grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy

In this paper,the effects of thickness of AlN nucleation layer grown at high temperature on AlN epi-layer crystalline quality are investigated.Crack-free AlN samples with various nucleation thicknesses are grown on sapphire substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy.The AlN crystalline quality is analysed by transmission electron microscope and x-ray diffraction (XRD) rocking curves in both (002) and (102) planes.The surface profiles of nucleation layer with different thicknesses after in-situ annealing are also analysed by atomic force microscope.A critical nucleation thickness for realising high quality AlN films is found.When the nucleation thickness is above a certain value,the (102) XRD full width at half maximum (FWHM) of AlN bulk increases with nucleation thickness increasing,whereas the (002) XRD FWHM shows an opposite trend.These phenomena can be attributed to the characteristics of nucleation islands and the evolution of crystal grains during AlN main layer growth.     

分子束外延生长InGaN／A1N量子点的组分研究

报道了分子束外延生长的绿光波段InGaN／A1N量子点材料,并综合考虑InGaN量子点的应变弛豫,以及应力和量子限制斯塔克效应对量子点发光波长的影响,提出了一种结合反射式高能电子衍射原位测量与光致荧光测量确定InGaN量子点组分的方法．     

AIN/蓝宝石模板上生长的GaN研究

研究了在分子束外延制备的AIN/蓝宝石模板上采用金属有机物化学气相外延生长的非故意掺杂GaN的材料性质.采用X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电镜(TEM)和原子力显微镜研究了AIN模板的晶体质量和表面相貌对GaN的影响.结果表明,当AIN的表面粗糙度较小时,尽管AIN模板的位错密度较高((102)面XRD ω扫描半高全宽900-1500 arcsec),但生长得到的GaN依然具有和在蓝宝石衬底上采用"二步法"生长的GaN可比拟的晶体质量((002)面XRD ω扫描半高伞宽200-300 arcsec,(102)面400-500 arcsec)和表面粗糙度(0.1-0.2 nm).TEM照片表明GaN中位错密度降低的原因是AIN中的一部分位错在AIN和GaN的界面处被终止而未能延伸至GaN中.这可能是因为Ga原子尺寸较大,具有修复晶格缺陷的作用.而当AIN的表面粗糙度较大时,Ga原子在MOVPE生长过程中的迁移受到影响.得到的GaN晶体质量非常差.此外,采用范德堡法测量的GaN电阻率为105-106Ω·cm,比蓝宝石衬底上生长的GaN高大约6个数量级,这被认为是采用AIN代替GaN低温缓冲层所致.     

Improvement of A1N Film Quality by Controlling the Coalescence of Nucleation Islands in Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy

The influence of nucleation coalescence on the crystalline quality of A1N films grown on sapphire by plasma- assisted molecular beam epitaxy is investigated. The coalescence speed is controlled by the V/Ⅲ ratio chosen for the growth after nucleation. A slightly Al-rich condition, corresponding to slow coalescence, can significantly reduce the density of edge threading dislocation （TD）, which is found to be dominant in AIN epilayers. The cross-sectional TEM image of the AIN epilayer grown under this condition clearly reveals an automatically formed boundary where an abrupt decrease of edge TD density occurs.