Observation of MBE-grown cubic-GaN/GaAs and cubic-GaN/3C-SiC interfaces by high resolution transmission electron microscope

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作者
Okumura, H [1 ]
Ohta, K [1 ]
Nagatomo, T [1 ]
Yoshida, S [1 ]
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[1] SHIBAURA INST TECHNOL,MINATO KU,TOKYO 108,JAPAN
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10.1016/0022-0248(95)01073-4
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
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Interface structures of cubic-GaN on GaAs and 3C-SiC substrates grown by gas-source molecular beam epitaxy using NH3 plasma were examined by high resolution transmission electron microscopy. There is no intermediated layer at the interface for both the structures. It was found that there are pyramid-like structures formed by (111) facets at cubic-GaN/GaAs interfaces and its interface is fairly rough. On the contrary, interfaces of cubic-GaN/3C-SiC are quite flat without specific structures, which results in good quality GaN epilayers.
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