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A Study of Properties of GaN grown using In-situ SiN Mask by MOCVD

In-situ SiN 박막을 이용하여 성장한 GaN 박막의 특성 연구

  • 김덕규 (원광대학교 전기전자 및 정보공학부) ;
  • 박춘배 (원광대학교 전기전자 및 정보공학부)
  • Published : 2005.06.01
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Abstract

We have grown GaN layers with in-situ SiN mask by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) and study the physical properties of the GaN layer. We have also investigate the effect of the SiN mask on its optical property. By inserting a SiN mask, (102) the full width at half maximum (FWHM) decreased from 480 arcsec to 409 arcsec and threading dislocation (TD) density decreased from $3.21\times10^9\;cm^{-2}\;to\;9.7\times10^8\;cm^{-2}$. The PL intensity of GaN with SiN mask improved 2 times to that without SiN mask. We have thus shown that the SiN mask improved significantly the physical and optical properties of the GaN layer.

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