J Mater Sci Technol ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (04): 574-576.

• Research Articles • Previous Articles    

Preparation of Porous GaN Buffer and Its Influence on the Residual Stress of GaN Epilayers Grown by Hydride Vapor Phase Epitaxy

Xinhua LI, Kai QIU, Fei ZHONG, Zhijun YIN, Changjian JI, Yuqi WANG   

  1. Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
  • Received:2006-12-05 Revised:2007-02-05 Online:2007-07-28 Published:2009-10-10
  • Contact: Xinhua LI

Abstract: The preparation of porous structure on the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)-grown mixed-polarity GaN epilayers was reported by using the wet chemical etching method. The effect of this porous structure on the residual stress of subsequent-growth GaN epilayers was studied by Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectrum. Substantial decrease in the biaxial stresse can be achieved by employing the porous buffers in the hydride vapour phase epitaxy (HVPE) epilayer growth.

Key words: GaN, Hydride vapour phase epitaxy, porous buffe