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Optical properties and crystallinity of the GaN film grown on the SiO2 based nanocomposites by MOCVD

BongKyun Kang ,  Sung Ryul Mang ,  Dae Ho Yoon 

Sungkyunkwan university (SKKU), 2066, seobu-ro, jangan-gu, Suwon 440-746, Korea, South

Abstract

Recently, Gallium nitride (GaN) has been applied successfully as the high performance light emitting devices (LEDs), solar-blind ultraviolet photo detectors, and high power, high temperature devices. In spite of these developments, the performance of GaN-based LEDs is commonly reduced by fundamental problems that are associated with the large lattice mismatch and thermal expansion coefficients between hetero substrates and GaN films. These problems could lead to a significant number of defects such as threading dislocations (TDs) and associated point defects. Also, the degradation of efficiency results mainly from the TDs in the GaN films. To mitigate the TDs problem, the epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELOG), selective area growth (SAG) and patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) techniques, in situ deposited SiNx and ex situ TiNx have been developed and widely used to reduce TDs densities. However, these techniques require complex and expensive processes such as depositing SiO2 thin film and removing the SiO2 film by selective etching. 

In this work, we grew GaN films on the SiO2 based nanocomposites by MOCVD to improve crystallinity and photoluminescence property. The size of SiO2 bsased nanocomposites is approximately 200 nm. The TDs on the SiO2 based nanocomposites  were investigated by transmission electron microscope (TEM). The surface morphology and structural properties were investigated by Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). the In addition, the optical properties of GaN films were examined by cathodo luminescence (CL) as well.
 

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Submitted: 2013-04-16 03:16
Revised:   2013-04-16 03:16