Indium clustering in a-plane InGaN quantum wells as evidenced by atom probe tomography

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Tang, Fengzai and Zhu, Tongtong and Oehler, Fabrice and Fu, Wai Yuen and Griffiths, James T. and Massabuau, Fabien C. -P. and Kappers, Menno J. and Martin, Tomas L. and Bagot, Paul A. J. and Moody, Michael P. and Oliver, Rachel A. (2015) Indium clustering in a-plane InGaN quantum wells as evidenced by atom probe tomography. Applied Physics Letters, 106 (7). 072104. ISSN 0003-6951

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Abstract

Atom probe tomography (APT) has been used to characterize the distribution of In atoms within non-polar a-plane InGaN quantum wells (QWs) grown on a GaN pseudo-substrate produced using epitaxial lateral overgrowth. Application of the focused ion beam microscope enabled APT needles to be prepared from the low defect density regions of the grown sample. A complementary analysis was also undertaken on QWs having comparable In contents grown on polar c-plane sample pseudo-substrates. Both frequency distribution and modified nearest neighbor analyses indicate a statistically non-randomized In distribution in the a-plane QWs, but a random distribution in the c-plane QWs. This work not only provides insights into the structure of non-polar a-plane QWs but also shows that APT is capable of detecting as-grown nanoscale clustering in InGaN and thus validates the reliability of earlier APT analyses of the In distribution in c-plane InGaN QWs which show no such clustering.

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Tang, Fengzai, Zhu, Tongtong, Oehler, Fabrice, Fu, Wai Yuen, Griffiths, James T., Massabuau, Fabien C. -P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1008-1652, Kappers, Menno J., Martin, Tomas L., Bagot, Paul A. J., Moody, Michael P. and Oliver, Rachel A.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:79443
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    18 February 2015
    Published
    6 February 2015
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:03 Feb 2022 13:12
    Last modified:14 Nov 2024 05:11
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/79443
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