ZHANG Tie-min, MIAO Guo-qing, FU Jun, FU Yun-liang, LIN Hong. Preparation of Buffer by The Stress Between In<sub>0.82</sub>Ga<sub>0.18</sub>As Layer and InP Substrate[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2011,32(6): 612-616
ZHANG Tie-min, MIAO Guo-qing, FU Jun, FU Yun-liang, LIN Hong. Preparation of Buffer by The Stress Between In<sub>0.82</sub>Ga<sub>0.18</sub>As Layer and InP Substrate[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2011,32(6): 612-616 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20113206.0612.
Preparation of Buffer by The Stress Between In0.82Ga0.18As Layer and InP Substrate
As layers were grown on semi-insulating Fe-doped InP (100) substrates by low pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (LP-MOCVD). The growth was performed using TMIn
TMGa
and AsH
3
as growth precursors of In
Ga
and As
respectively
in a horizontal reactor. The substrate on a graphite susceptor was heated by inductively coupling radio frequency power
the growth temperature was detected by a thermocouple
and the reactor pressure was kept at 110
4
Pa. Thickness of In
0.82
Ga
0.18
As layer for all samples was kept to be 300 nm. In our experiments
the growth temperature of In
0.82
Ga
0.18
As layers was 390
410
430
450
470
530 ℃
respectively. Because the strain caused by the lattice mismatch between In
0.82
-Ga
0.18
As layer and InP substrate was varied from the growth temperature
the surface of In
0.82
Ga
0.18
As layer was different. It was analyzed that the growth temperature of In
0.82
Ga
0.18
As layer influenced on the surface morphology
crystalline quality and the electrical property of the In
0.82
Ga
0.18
As layer. The surface morphology of In
0.82
Ga
0.18
As layer was studied by the scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The components and crystalline quality of In
0.82
Ga
0.18
As layer were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The electrical property of In
0.82
Ga
0.18
As layer was measured using the Hall Effect. This work shows a useful way how to design for the optimum buffer in growthing highly mismatched epitaxy layers.
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