Wet and dry etching of LiGaO2 and LiAlO2

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作者
Lee, JW
Pearton, SJ
Abernathy, CR
Zavada, JM
Chai, BLH
机构
[1] USA,RES OFF,RES TRIANGLE PK,NC 27709
[2] UNIV CENT FLORIDA,CTR RES ELECTROOPT & LASERS,ORLANDO,FL 32816
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10.1149/1.1837018
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O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
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081704 ;
摘要
LiGaO2 and LiAlO2 have similar lattice constants to GaN, and may prove useful as substrates for III-nitride epitaxy. We have found that these materials may be wet chemically etched in some acid solutions, including HF, at rates between 150 and 40,000 Angstrom/min. Dry etching with SF6/Ar plasmas provides faster rates than Cl-2/Ar or CH4/H-2/Ar under electron cyclotron resonance conditions, indicating the fluoride etch products are more volatile that their chloride or metallorganic/hydride counterparts.
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