Single crystalline ZnO films grown on lattice-matched ScAlMgO4(0001) substrates

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Ohtomo, A [1 ]
Tamura, K
Saikusa, K
Takahashi, K
Makino, T
Segawa, Y
Koinuma, H
Kawasaki, M
机构
[1] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Innovat & Engn Mat, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268502, Japan
[2] Shinkosha Co Ltd, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2470007, Japan
[3] RIKEN, Photodynam Res Ctr, Sendai, Miyagi 9800868, Japan
[4] Tokyo Inst Technol, Mat & Struct Lab, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268503, Japan
[5] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Innovat & Engn Mat, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2268502, Japan
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10.1063/1.125102
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Lattice-matched (Delta a/a=0.09%) ScAlMgO4(0001) substrates were employed to grow single crystalline quality ZnO films by laser molecular-beam epitaxy. Extremely smooth surface represented by atomically flat terraces and half unit cell (0.26 nm) high steps and extremely small orientation fluctuations both in-plane (< 0.02 degrees) and out-of-plane (< 0.01 degrees) are achieved. The films have high mobility (similar to 100 cm(2)/V s) together with low residual carrier concentration (similar to 10(15) cm(-3)). Excellent optical properties, including a clear doublet of A and B exciton peaks in absorption spectra, were also observed. These features could not be simultaneously achieved for ZnO films grown on sapphire(0001) having a large lattice mismatch (Delta a/a=18%). (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)05743-5].
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