RBS/channeling study of Er doped GaN films grown by MBE on Si(111) substrates

被引:26
作者
Lorenz, K
Vianden, R
Birkhahn, R
Steckl, AJ
da Silva, MF
Soares, JC
Alves, E [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bonn, ISKP, D-5300 Bonn, Germany
[2] Univ Cincinnati, Nanoelect Lab, Cincinnati, OH USA
[3] Inst Technol & Nucl, Dept Fis, P-2685953 Sacavem, Portugal
[4] CFNUL, P-1699 Lisbon, Portugal
关键词
GaN epilayers; Er doping; lattice location;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-583X(99)00683-7
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The influence of the Ga cell temperature on the quality of GaN films grown by MBE on p-Si(1 1 1) substrates was studied for cell temperatures (T-Ga in the range from 865 degrees C to 922 degrees C using the RES/Channeling technique. The films were in situ doped during growth with Er at a constant cell temperature. The films show a strong dependence of the crystalline quality on the Ga cell temperature with the best films grown at T-Ga = 915 degrees C. For temperatures T-Ga below 880 degrees C the films showed no channeling effect. The thickness increases linearly with the temperature suggesting that changes in the Ga flux influence the growth process. The decrease of the Ga Bur allows the incorporation of higher Er concentrations in the films. The data showed that a maximum value of about 0.35 at% was reached under the chosen growth conditions. The Er ions occupy mainly the Ga sublattice in the films with single crystalline quality. A comparison of the angular scans through the [0 0 1] and the (1 0 (1) over bar 1) axes with Monte Carte simulations leads to the conclusion that a majority (similar to 90%) of the Er ions occupies Ga sites. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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