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NH3-Plasma Treatment of Gaas Surface at High Temperature in Remote Plasma and Direct Plasma Reactor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Kyoung Wan Park
Affiliation:
Research Department, ETRI, Daejeon 305-606, Republic of Korea
Seong Jae Lee
Affiliation:
Research Department, ETRI, Daejeon 305-606, Republic of Korea
Mincheol Shin
Affiliation:
Research Department, ETRI, Daejeon 305-606, Republic of Korea
El-Hang Lee
Affiliation:
Research Department, ETRI, Daejeon 305-606, Republic of Korea
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Abstract

NH3-plasma treatment has been used for passivation of native-oxide-contaminated GaAs surface. Ex situ band-gap photoluminescence(PL) measurement shows enhanced intensity for the treated surfaces in direct plasma. Auger electron spectroscopy(AES) shows that the treated surface contains nitrogen atoms but no arsenic atoms, which leads us to speculate that the graded GaN thin layer was formed on the surface. Long-term stability of the enhanced PL intensity is attributed to the formation of GaN on the surface.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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