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Effect of GaAs substrate orientation on the growth kinetic of GaN layer grown by MOVPE

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We have investigated the kinetic growth of low temperature GaN nucleation layers (LT-GaN) grown on GaAs substrates with different crystalline orientations. GaN nucleation layers were grown by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) in a temperature range of 500-600°C on oriented (001), (113), (112) and (111) GaAs substrates. The growth was in-situ monitored by laser reflectometry (LR). Using an optical model, including time-dependent surface roughness and growth rate profiles, simulations were performed to best approach the experimental reflectivity curves. Results are discussed and correlated with ex-situ analyses, such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) and UV-visible reflectance (SR). We show that the GaN nucleation layers growth results the formation of GaN islands whose density and size vary greatly with both growth temperature and substrate orientation. Arrhenius plots of the growth rate for each substrate give values of activation energy varying from 0.20 eV for the (001) orientation to 0.35 eV for the (113) orientation. Using cathodoluminescence (CL), we also show that high temperature (800-900°C) GaN layers grown on top of the low temperature (550°C) GaN nucleation layers, grown themselves on the GaAs substrates with different orientations, exhibit cubic or hexagonal phase depending on both growth temperature and substrate orientation.
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J. Laifi, N. Chaaben, H. Bouazizi, Najla Fourati, C. Zerrouki, et al.. Effect of GaAs substrate orientation on the growth kinetic of GaN layer grown by MOVPE. Superlattices and Microstructures, 2016, 94, pp.30-38. ⟨10.1016/j.spmi.2016.02.037⟩. ⟨hal-01277597⟩
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