Effect Of Implantation Temperature On Damage Accumulation In Ar - Implanted GaN


I. Usov, N. Parikh
Curriculum in Applied and Materials Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

D.B. Thomson, Robert F. Davis
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University

This article was received on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 and accepted on Tuesday, December 17, 2002.

Abstract

A systematic investigation of damage accumulation in GaN films induced by Ar+ as a function of implantation temperature and dose rate has been conducted. Depth distribution of disorder was measured by Rutherford Backscattering/Channeling spectrometry. Two disordered regions were identified in the damage depth distribution: a surface peak and a bulk damage peak. These regions exhibited different behavior as a function of implantation temperature. The displaced atomic density in the bulk damage peak displayed a "reverse annealing" behavior in temperature range from 500 °C to 700 °C, which we attributed to formation of characteristic secondary defects. The influence of implantation temperature and dose rate on the radiation damage accumulation is discussed.

Outline

  • Introduction
  • Experimental Details
  • Results and Discussions
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
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    Cite this article as: MRS Internet J. Nitride Semicond. Res. 7, 9(2002).

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