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Growth of free-standing GaN layer on Si(111) substrate
(2009-03-15)
Yang, Tsung Hsi
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Ku, Jui Tai
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Chang, Jet-Rung
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Shen, Shih-Guo
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Chen, Yi-Cheng
This investigation demonstrates the epitaxial growth of a free-standing GaN layer on Si(1 1 1) using a funnel-like GaN nano-rod buffer structure. The funnel-like GaN nano-rods were directly grown on Si substrates by RF-plasma molecular beam epitaxy. Free-standing GaN layers were achieved through the coalescence of funnel-like GaN nano-rods by the metalorganic chemical vapor deposition. This study examines the structure, optical characteristics and stress of GaN nano-rods and free-standing GaN layers. The c-axis lattice constant of the strain-free Ga-face GaN layer on Si is 5.1844 angstrom, as determined by high-resolution X-ray diffraction. The fully relaxed band edge at 3.468 eV without deep-level emission around 2.3 eV, was revealed in a free-standing GaN layer on Si, using photoluminescence. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.