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Microstructure Analysis of GaN Epitaxial Layers during Ion Implantation Using Synchrotron X-Ray Topography

  • Yafei Liu
  • , Hongyu Peng
  • , Zeyu Chen
  • , Tuerxun Ailihumaer
  • , Qianyu Cheng
  • , Shanshan Hu
  • , Balaji Raghothamachar
  • , Michael Dudley
  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

A study on characterization of microstructures in ammonothermal grown GaN wafers at different stages of device fabrication is conducted using synchrotron monochromatic beam X-ray topography (SMBXT), synchrotron X-ray rocking curve topography (SXRCT) as well as high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD). Synchrotron monochromatic beam X-ray topographs reveal the various dislocation types and their distribution in the GaN wafer at different processing stages remains the same except that the contrast of threading dislocations is enlarged or darkened. HRXRD spectra of the ion implanted wafer reveals satellite peak and fringes from lattice damage. Rocking Curve Analysis by Dynamical Simulation (RADS) that fits the spectra gives a depth profile of strain correlated well to the designed implantation profile. This damage is completely healed after annealing process at 1225 . Strain and tilt maps generated from SXRCT show an improvement in lattice bending level during annealing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication240th ECS Meeting - Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Power Technologies 11
PublisherIOP Publishing Ltd
Pages113-122
Number of pages10
Edition7
ISBN (Electronic)9781607685395
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event240th ECS Meeting - Orlando, United States
Duration: Oct 10 2021Oct 14 2021

Publication series

NameECS Transactions
Number7
Volume104
ISSN (Print)1938-6737
ISSN (Electronic)1938-5862

Conference

Conference240th ECS Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period10/10/2110/14/21

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