Influence of substrate miscut angle on surface morphology and luminescence properties of AlGaN

Kusch, Gunnar and Li, Haoning and Edwards, Paul R. and Bruckbauer, Jochen and Sadler, Thomas C. and Parbrook, Peter J. and Martin, Robert W. (2014) Influence of substrate miscut angle on surface morphology and luminescence properties of AlGaN. Applied Physics Letters, 104 (9). 092114. ISSN 0003-6951

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    Abstract

    The influence of substrate miscut on Al0.5Ga0.5 N layers was investigated using cathodoluminescence (CL) hyperspectral imaging and secondary electron imaging in an environmental scanning electron microscope. The samples were also characterized using atomic force microscopy and high resolution X-ray diffraction. It was found that small changes in substrate miscut have a strong influence on the morphology and luminescence properties of the AlGaN layers. Two different types are resolved. For low miscut angle, a crack-free morphology consisting of randomly sized domains is observed, between which there are notable shifts in the AlGaN near band edge emission energy. For high miscut angle, a morphology with step bunches and compositional inhomogeneities along the step bunches, evidenced by an additional CL peak along the step bunches, are observed.

    Author(s):Kusch, Gunnar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2743-1022, Li, Haoning, Edwards, Paul R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7671-7698, Bruckbauer, Jochen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9236-9320, Sadler, Thomas C., Parbrook, Peter J. and Martin, Robert W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6119-764X
    Item type:Article
    ID code:47137
    Keywords:cathodoluminescence, III-V semiconductors, surface morphology, X-ray diffraction, Physics, Physics and Astronomy(all)
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Bionanotechnology
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Photonics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:07 Mar 2014 16:42
    Last modified:22 Nov 2019 05:21
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/47137
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