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Gallium nitride layers were grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy on AlN buffer layers deposited in the range of 450-650°C. The GaN growth conditions were kept constant so that changes in film properties were due only to changes in the buffer layer growth temperature. A monotonie improvement in relative crystallinity as measured by double-crystal X-ray diffraction corresponded with a decrease in buffer layer growth temperature. Improvements in GaN electron transport at 300 and 77 K were also observed with decreasing AlN buffer layer temperature. Photoluminescence spectra for the lowest temperatures studied were dominated by sharp excitonic emission, with some broadening of the exciton linewidth observed as the buffer layer growth temperature was increased. The full width at half maximum of the excitonic emission was 2.7 meV for GaN grown on a 450°C buffer layer. These results indicate that minimizing AlN buffer layer temperature results in improvements in GaN film quality.
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Rowland, L.B., Doverspike, K., Gaskill, D.K. et al. Effect of Aluminum Nitride Buffer Layer Temperature on Gallium Nitride Grown by OMVPE. MRS Online Proceedings Library 339, 477–482 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-339-477
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