SUBLIMATION GROWTH OF SIC SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE INGOTS ON FACES PERPENDICULAR TO THE (0001) BASAL-PLANE

被引:158
作者
TAKAHASHI, J
KANAYA, M
FUJIWARA, Y
机构
[1] Electronics Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corporation, Sagamihara, 229
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10.1016/0022-0248(94)90726-9
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
SiC single crystalline ingots have been grown on faces perpendicular to the SiC (0001) basal plane by a sublimation method. It is shown that a polytypic structure of the grown crystal succeeds perfectly to that of the seed. Hexagonal etch pits are not observed, which are always detected on crystals grown on {0001} faces. Moreover, this growth eliminates defects penetrating a crystal in the form of empty tubes. We discuss how the relation between dislocations and growth mechanism of SiC is influenced by the seed orientation.
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