Analysis of compositional uniformity in AlxGa1-xN thin films using atom probe tomography and electron microscopy

作者:Liu Fang; Huang Li; Porter Lisa M; Davis Robert F*; Schreiber Daniel K
来源:Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films , 2016, 34(4): 041510.
DOI:10.1116/1.4953410

摘要

Calculated frequency distributions of atom probe tomography reconstructions (similar to 80 nm field of view) of very thin AlxGa1-xN(0.18 <= x <= 0.51) films grown via metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy on both (0001) GaN/AlN/SiC and (0001) GaN/sapphire heterostructures revealed homogeneous concentrations of Al and chemically abrupt AlxGa1-xN/GaN interfaces. The results of scanning transmission electron microscopy and selected area diffraction corroborated these results and revealed that neither superlattice ordering nor phase separation was present at nanometer length scales.

  • 出版日期2016-7