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Capping stability of Mg‐implanted GaN layers grown on silicon
Author(s) -
LardeauFalcy Aurélien,
Coig Marianne,
Charles Matthew,
Licitra Christophe,
Baines Yannick,
Eymery Joël,
Mazen Frédéric
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.201600487
Subject(s) - materials science , annealing (glass) , photoluminescence , silicon , diffraction , optoelectronics , thermal stability , residual stress , composite material , chemical engineering , optics , physics , engineering
The morphological stability during activation annealing of Mg‐implanted GaN layers (2 μm thick) grown on Si (111) is studied for several protective layers and fluencies in the 10 13 –10 15 at. cm −2 range. We show that a thin capping, composed of a few nanometer thick AlN and SiN x stacks grown in situ just after GaN deposition, provides a good solution to retain flat morphology and no strain cracking up to 1 h annealing at 1100 °C in N 2 . These results are compared to thicker protective stackings with AlN layers of Si 3 N 4 or SiO 2 deposited after the implantation that withstand a thermal budget of up to 1 h at 1200 °C in N 2 . The efficiency of these different cap layers to limit GaN damage during high‐temperature annealing is studied as well as the impact of Mg implantation process on the cap resilience. The quality of the GaN sublayer is studied by low‐temperature photoluminescence to analyze structural/optical defects and Mg related complexes. X‐ray diffraction is performed to evaluate residual strains at the different process stages.