I-1-2 Epitaxial growth of Ill-nitride by molecular beam epitaxy using high density radical source

Abstract

Although plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy(PA-MBE) is a promising technique for GaN growth,the growth rate obtained by this technique is lower than that obtained by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy(MOVPE).In order to improve the growth rate of the technique,high density radical source(HDRS) was developed.By vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy(VUVAS) measurement,two orders of magnitude higher radical density was confirmed in a comparison of the HDRS and a conventional radical source(CRS).While faster growth rate of 1.4μm/h in GaN homoepitaxy was achieved,better crystalline quality of InxGa_<(1-x)>N(x=0.03〜0.16) epilayers with approximately 1.4μm thickness were also achieved by introducing the HDRS in PA-MBE.