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Abstract: A novel activation process for Mg-implanted GaN was demonstrated. As opposed to the conventional thermal annealing process, an H2/NH3 alternating supply annealing process achieved better optical activation, stronger near-ultraviolet luminescence and weaker yellow luminescence in the photoluminescence spectroscopy. After this process, small hexagonal hillocks were observed on the surface, which indicated that crystal regrowth was induced by this process, consisting of decomposition of GaN by H2 supplies and re-crystallization by NH3 supplies. It was revealed that the implanted Mg could easily be located at the activation site by means of crystal regrowth by this process. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: The incorporation of carbon using CCl4 or C2H2 in metal–organic vapor phase epitaxy is studied on facets of a GaN stripe formed by selective area growth. The optical spectra of the sample were examined by cathode luminescence spectroscopy (CL). An edge emission peak specific to the facet was tentatively assigned to the acceptor bound exciton (ABE). The peak intensity was enhanced by the increase of the carbon doping and determined by the ratio of the carbon source and the NH3 flow rate. The CL image showed that the doping had been achieved uniformly on the facets but affected by the stress/strain due to the large lattice mismatch against the Si substrate. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The planar epitaxial growth of semipolar (10 1 ¯ 3) GaN on a Si(001) substrate was performed on a directionally sputtered AlN buffer layer. Three types of interlayers, i.e., single AlN, double AlN, and a stack of AlN/GaN layers were grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) to achieve high quality GaN films. The results for the stack of AlN/GaN layers provide highest crystal quality and optical properties for GaN. Comparing the top (Ga face) and bottom (N face) surfaces of grown semipolar (10 1 ¯ 3) GaN confirms the defect density reduction that is due to the application of interlayers. Moreover, reduced inversion domain density on the bottom surface is attributed with the insertion of interlayers. Improving the quality of semipolar GaN on Si(001) substrates is expected to be useful for GaN/Si(001) integrated optoelectronics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Display omitted] • The NEA activation of InGaN by simultaneously supplying Cs and O 2 is more effective to obtain a high quantum efficiency than the conventional yo-yo method. • The Cs oxide species, which is one of the key compounds for imparting the NEA nature, decomposes at approximately 350 °C. • We suggest that the InGaN-Cs 2 O 2 structure is a possible candidate for NEA photocathodes. A high quantum efficiency (QE) can be obtained on negative electron affinity (NEA) surfaces. It is well-known that NEA surfaces can be formed on semiconductor materials such as GaAs by the alternating supply of cesium (Cs) and oxygen (O 2), which is called the yo-yo method. While GaN and related compounds such as InGaN are expected to realize an NEA photocathode with a long lifetime, the surface reactions between GaAs and nitride semiconductors are completely different with respect to the increasing rate of QE induced by the supply of O 2. In addition, the surface processes of photoemission from NEA nitride semiconductors have not yet been elucidated. In the present study, a higher QE was achieved in InGaN by simultaneously supplying Cs and O 2 instead of using the conventional yo-yo method. The possible Cs adsorption states in relation to the photoemission are also discussed based on the QE tendencies and the temperature programmed desorption (TPD) spectra of the NEA surfaces formed under elevated temperature conditions. This study suggests that the Cs oxide species, which is one of the key compounds for imparting the NEA nature, decomposes at approximately 350 °C and that the InGaN-Cs 2 O 2 structure is a possible candidate for NEA photocathodes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The selective area growth (SAG) of GaN was implemented on patterned GaN/sapphire templates by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) to fabricate regular arrays of Ga-polar GaN microrods. The control of growth parameters such as H 2 /N 2 carrier gas ratio, growth temperature, and absolute NH 3 /HCl gas flow resulted in changes in the growth morphology. In particular, for an optimized mixed-carrier gas ratio of H 2 to N 2 , we achieved vertically well-aligned microrods. The topmost regions of the GaN microrods were terminated with pyramidal facets, indicating typical Ga polarity. The optical properties of the grown microrods were characterized by cathodoluminescence (CL) at a low temperature. This revealed that the GaN microrods had high crystal quality since they exhibited suppressed yellow luminescence as well as strong band edge emission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]