Indium flux, growth temperature and RF power induced effects in InN layers grown on GaN/Si substrate by plasma-assisted MBE

Kumar, Mahesh and Bhat, Thirumaleshwara N and Rajpalke, Mohana K and Roul, Basanta and Kalghatgi, AT and Krupanidhi, SB (2012) Indium flux, growth temperature and RF power induced effects in InN layers grown on GaN/Si substrate by plasma-assisted MBE. In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 513 . pp. 6-9.

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Abstract

In the present work, we report the growth of wurtzite InN epilayers on GaN/Si (1 1 1) substrate by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PAMBE). The growth parameters such as indium flux, substrate temperature and RF power affect the crystallographic and morphological properties of InN layers, which were evaluated using high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) analysis and atomic force microscopy (AFM). It is found that excess indium (In) concentrations and surface roughness were increased with increase in In flux and growth temperature. The intensity of HRXRD (0 0 0 2) peak, corresponding to c-axis orientation has been increased and full width at half maxima (FWHM) has decreased with increase in RF power. It was found that highly c-axis oriented InN epilayers can be grown at 450 degrees C growth temperature, 450 W RF power and 1.30 x 10(-7) mbar In beam equivalent pressure (BEP). The energy gap of InN layers grown by optimizing growth conditions was determined by photoluminescence and optical absorption measurement. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Indium nitride;MBE;X-ray diffraction;Luminescence
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2012 12:18
Last Modified:	27 Jan 2012 12:18
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/43202

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