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Arsenic Incorporation in Gallium Nitride grown by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition using Dimethylhydrazine and Tertiarybutylarsenic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

S. Kellermann
Affiliation:
Center of Advanced Materials, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS 2-200, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720. Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
K. M. Yu
Affiliation:
Center of Advanced Materials, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS 2-200, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720.
E. E. Haller
Affiliation:
Center of Advanced Materials, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS 2-200, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720. Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
E. D. Bourret-Courchesne
Affiliation:
Center of Advanced Materials, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, MS 2-200, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, CA 94720.
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Abstract

MOCVD growth of As-doped GaN using dimethylhydrazine, triethylgallium and tertiarybutylarsenic has been investigated. A maximum doping concentration of 4.0 × 1019cm−3 at growth temperatures between 600°C and 800°C was obtained. At 1000°C the As doping level dropped below the SIMS detection limit of ∼1.0 × 1017cm−3. The As incorporation depended only weakly on variations of the V/III molar flow ratio between 11 and 61. Raising the As/V molar flow ratio from 0.01 to 0.06 increased the As concentration which then decreased by further increase to 0.11. Different morphologies of the layers were found depending on the growth conditions. A surfactant-like behavior of As was observed leading to smooth GaN films grown on top of the As-doped GaN layer. Two characteristic luminescence peaks at 3.31 eV and 3.425 eV were found for samples doped with As below 900°C. These spectral features are believed to originate at extended lateral defects - presumably stacking faults.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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