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- the invention relates to a bulk nitride mono-crystal especially for use as a substrate for epitaxy.
- a substrate for epitaxy is particularly suitable for preparation of nitride semiconductor layers in a process for manufacturing of various opto-electronic devices.
- nitride-based opto-electronic devices are manufactured on sapphire or silicon-carbide substrates, differing from the thereafter deposited nitride layers (i.e. heteroepitaxy).
- MOCVD Metallo-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
- Halide Vapor Phase Epitaxy ["Optical patterning of GaN films” M.K.Kelly, O.Ambacher, Appl. Phys. Lett. 69 (12) (1996) and “Fabrication of thin- film InGaN light-emitting diode membranes" W.S. Wrong, T. Sands, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75 (10) (1999)].
- the method allows generation of GaN substrates 2 inches in diameter, but the quality is insufficient for application in laser diodes, because the surface density of defects still remains in the 10 7 to 10 9 /cm 2 range.
- the HVPE GaN substrates have tilted crystal axes because of distortion caused by epitaxial growth on hetero-substrates, for example on sapphire.
- ELOG Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth
- a GaN layer is first grown on the sapphire substrate, and then SiO 2 is deposited in the form of strips or grids.
- SiO 2 is deposited in the form of strips or grids.
- such a substrate may be used for lateral GaN growing, reducing the defects density to about 10 7 /cm 2 . Due to significant differences in chemical, physical, crystallographic and electrical properties of substrates such as sapphire or silicon carbide and semiconductor nitride layers deposited thereon by hetero-epitaxy, big technological effort is needed to advance progress in opto-electronics.
- Lifetime of optical semiconducting devices depends primarily on crystalline quality of the optically active layers, and especially on surface dislocation density.
- industrial processes for manufacturing such optical semiconducting devices can be performed only on reproducible substrates meeting strict quality specifications.
- the present invention aims to provide a bulk nitride mono-crystal, especially for use as a substrate for epitaxy, having quality allowing its use in optoelectronics and electronics. This aim has been achieved by developing a bulk nitride mono-crystal, especially for use as a substrate for epitaxy as defined in the appended claims.
- a bulk nitride mono-crystal according to the present invention has parameters as defined in the independent claims 1 and 12, while the preferred features of the same are defined in the respective dependent claims.
- the present invention relates also to the use of the bulk nitride mono-crystal as a substrate for epitaxy.
- the present invention relates to a bulk nitride mono-crystal characterized in that it is a mono-crystal of gallium nitride and its cross-section in a plane perpendicular to c-axis of hexagonal lattice of gallium nitride has a surface area greater than 100 mm , it is more than 1.0 ⁇ m thick and its C-plane surface dislocation density is less than 10 6 /cm 2 , while its volume is sufficient to produce at least one further-processable non-polar A-plane or M- plane plate having a surface area preferably at least 100 mm .
- the present invention relates also to a bulk nitride mono-crystal characterized in that it is a mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride and its cross-section in a plane perpendicular to c-axis of hexagonal lattice of gallium nitride has a surface area greater than 100 mm 2 , it is more than 1.0 ⁇ m thick and its C-plane surface dislocation density is less than 10 6 /cm 2 .
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride according to the present invention is crystallized on the surface of a seed crystal with at least a crystalline layer of gallium-containing nitride, having a dislocation density less than 10 / cm .
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride according to the present invention may be additionally doped with donor and/or acceptor and/or magnetic dopants in concentrations from 10 / cm to 10 / cm , depending on the properties required for the intended use of the same, for example as a substrate for epitaxy.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride according to the present invention has a dislocation density close to 10 4 /cm 2 and at the same time the FWHM of the X-ray rocking curve from (0002) plane is close to 60 arcsec.
- the bulk nitride mono-crystal according to the invention - suitable for use as a substrate for epitaxy - is obtained by a method involving dissolution of a respective Group XIII elements feedstock in a supercritical solvent and crystallization of a desired gallium- containing nitride on a surface of seed crystal, with over-saturation of the supercritical solution with respect to the desired gallium-containing nitride being reached by means of temperature gradient and/or pressure change.
- the supercritical solvent contains NH 3 and/or its derivatives, and includes ions of elements of Group I - at least potassium or sodium ions, the feedstock consists essentially of gallium-containing nitride and/or its precursors, selected from a group including azides, imides, amido-imides, amides, hydrides, gallium-containing metal compounds and alloys, as well as metallic elements of Group XIII preferably metallic gallium.
- crystallization of a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride takes place in an autoclave, at temperatures from 100°C to 800°C and at pressures from 10 MPa to 1000 MPa and a molar ratio of alkali metal ions to the remaining components of the supercritical solvent ranges from 1 :200 to 1 :2.
- Depositing a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride may include lateral growth of gallium-containing nitride on a plurality of surfaces susceptible for such growth, placed on a crystal seed and spaced apart from each other.
- the substrate for epitaxy according to the present invention has at least one surface suitable for epitaxial growth of semiconducting nitride layers without any additional pre- treatment.
- the present invention relates to a bulk nitride mono- crystal grown in a direction parallel to c-axis of hexagonal lattice of gallium nitride seed in a supercritical NH 3 containing gallium-complex compounds at Ga:NH 3 molar ratio of more than 1:50, in order to have a thickness high enough to obtain at least one further- processable A-plane or M-plane gallium-nitride substrate.
- the present invention relates to a bulk nitride mono-crystal grown on a seed having no substantial tilted crystal axis by means of a supercritical NH 3 containing gallium-complex compounds, having not so much surface roughness as to decrease lifetime of a nitride semiconductor device formed thereon.
- Fig. 2 shows florescence microscope view of a fracture of a substrate for epitaxy according to the invention
- Fig. 3a presents SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy) profiles of a sample of a bulk nitride mono-crystal, especially for use as a substrate for epitaxy according to the invention with a high Group I metals content
- Fig. 2 shows florescence microscope view of a fracture of a substrate for epitaxy according to the invention
- Fig. 3a presents SIM
- FIG. 3b shows for comparison SIMS profiles of a sample of gallium nitride obtained by HVPE method and having a very low content of Group I metals
- Fig. 4 presents an X-ray rocking curve from (0002) plane of the bulk GaN mono-crystal according to the invention
- Fig. 5 shows change of temperature inside the autoclave in time at a constant pressure in Example 1
- Fig. 6 presents change of pressure in time inside the autoclave at constant temperature in Example 2
- Fig. 7 presents change of temperature in time in the autoclave at constant volume in Example 3
- Fig. 8 presents change of temperature in time for Example 4
- Fig. 9 presents change of temperature in time for Example 5
- Fig. 10 presents change of temperature in time for Example 6, Fig.
- FIG. 11 to 15 present change of temperature in time for Example 7 to 11
- FIG. 16-18 illustrate subsequent phases of manufacturing three exemplary bulk nitride mono- crystals according to the present invention - formed by lateral growth method.
- Fig. 19 and 20 show sectional views of opto-electronic devices - a ridge type laser diode, based on a substrate for epitaxy in form of a bulk nitride mono-crystal according to the invention, and nitride semiconductor laser device as described herein, respectively.
- the following definitions apply.
- Gallium-containing nitride means a nitride of gallium and optionally other element(s) of group XIII. It includes, but is not restricted to, the binary compound GaN, ternary compounds such as AlGaN, InGaN and also AlInGaN, where the ratio of the other elements of group XIII to Ga can vary in a wide range.
- Bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride means a mono-crystal especially for use as a substrate for epitaxy made of gallium-containing nitride from which opto-electronic devices such as LED or LD can be formed by epitaxial methods such as MOCVD and HVPE.
- a further-processable non-polar A- or M-plane plate means a plate possessing A- or M-plane surfaces which are suitable for epitaxial deposition of nitride layers, and for, manufacturing thereon of at least one nitride opto-electronic device, preferably a nitride semiconductor laser structure.
- Such a plate should be of a size allowing further processing , by MOCVD , MBE or other methods of epitaxial deposition thereon of nitride layers, the surface area being preferably higher than 10 mm , most preferably higher than 100 mm .
- Supercritical solvent means a fluid in a supercritical state. Essentially, the supercritical solvent contains a nitrogen-containing solvent and ions of alkali metals. It can also contain other components in addition to the solvent itself as long as these components do not substantially influence or disturb function of supercritical solvent.
- Supercritical solution is used when referring to the supercritical solvent when it contains Group XIII element(s), in particular gallium - in a soluble form originating from the dissolution of feedstock containing Group XIII element(s), in particular gallium.
- Dissolution of feedstock means a process (either reversible or irreversible) in which said feedstock is taken up to the supercritical solvent as Group XIII element(s), in particular gallium in a soluble form, possibly Group XIII element(s)-complex compounds, in particular gallium-complex compounds.
- Group XIII element(s)-complex compounds in particular gallium-complex compounds are complex compounds, in which a Group XIII element(s), in particular gallium atom is a coordination center surrounded by ligands, such as NH 3 molecules or its derivatives, like NH 2 ⁇ , NH 2_ , etc.
- Over-saturation of supercritical solution with respect to gallium-containing nitride means that the concentration of gallium in a soluble form in said solution is higher than that in equilibrium (i.e. it is higher than solubility).
- an over-saturation can be achieved by either increasing the temperature and/or decreasing the pressure.
- Autoclave means a closed container which has a reaction chamber where the amnionobasic process according to the present invention is carried out.
- EPD Etch Pit Density
- the values of the parameter were obtained from the cathodoluminescence maps by microscopic observation of dark points on the surface of electron-beam-excited crystal. Such dark points could be near-dislocation regions, due to creation of irradiative recombination centers. This is another technique of determining of dislocation density and the results obtained have been confirmed by TEM measurements. Throughout the present specification Dislocation Density and EPD are used as equivalent terms.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride have both large size and high quality.
- Such a bulk mono-crystal of gallium- containing nitride can have a surface area of more than 2 cm 2 and a surface dislocation density of less than 10 / cm 2 , having a thickness of at least 200 ⁇ m (preferably at least 500 ⁇ m) and FWHM of X-ray rocking curve from (0002) plane of 50 arcsec or less.
- Such mono-crystals can be grown on gallium-containing nitride crystal seeds and in turn they may subsequently serve as seeds for next mono-crystal growth processes.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride is a crystal of gallium nitride and optionally other element(s) of Group XIII.
- These compounds can be represented by the formula Al x Gaj -x- yIn y N, wherein 0 ⁇ x ⁇ l, 0 ⁇ y ⁇ l, 0 ⁇ x+y ⁇ l.
- the gallium-containing nitride is gallium nitride
- part (e.g. up to 50 mol.-%) of the gallium atoms can be replaced by one or more other elements of Group XIII (especially Al and/or In).
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride may additionally include at least one donor and/or at least one acceptor and/or at least one magnetic dopant to alter the optical, electrical and magnetic properties of the substrate.
- Donor dopants, acceptor dopants and magnetic dopants are well-known in the art, and can be selected according to the desired properties of the substrate.
- the donor dopants are selected from the group consisting of Si and O.
- acceptor dopants Mg and Zn are preferred. Any known magnetic dopant can be included into the substrate of the present invention.
- a preferred magnetic dopant is Mn and possibly also Ni and Cr.
- concentrations of the donor and acceptor dopants are well-known in the art and depend on the desired end application of the nitride. Typically, concentrations of these dopants range from l0 17 to l0 21 / cm 3 .
- the bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride can also contain alkali elements, usually in an amount of more than about 0.1 ppm. Generally it is desired to keep the alkali-elements content lower than 10 ppm, although it is difficult to specify what concentration of alkali metals in a bulk mono-crystal of gallium- containing nitride has a disadvantageous influence on its properties.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride may additionally comprise traces of Ti, Fe, Co, Cr, and Ni introduced in the production process in effect of corrosion of the autoclave under the process condition. Such trace impurities do not adversely affect the use of the mono-crystal of the present invention as a substrate for epitaxy.
- halogens are not intentional components of a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride of the present invention. However, it is also possible that halogens are present therein. It is usually desired to keep the halogen content of a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride in the range of about 0.1 ppm or less.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride is crystallized on a surface of a seed crystal.
- the seed crystals for crystallization of a substrate for epitaxy according to the invention can be obtained by a number of known methods, described in details in literature. Various seed crystals may be used, both homo-seeds and hetero-seeds. Generally, a seed crystal consists of gallium-containing nitride (homo-seed) or at least contains a layer of such a nitride (hetero-seed).
- gallium-containing nitride suitable for use as seed crystals are obtained by above described known methods.
- gallium-nitride crystals may be obtained in effect of spontaneous crystallization from a supercritical ammonia solution.
- Suitable seed crystals may be obtained by methods of synthesis of GaN based on heteroepitaxial . deposition, involving halogens in gaseous phase (HVPE). This method is suitable for a reproducible manufacturing of big size seed crystals, having even ca. 5 cm in diameter.
- HVPE gaseous phase
- Such crystals are available from a number of sources, among others they are produced by NICHIA, ATMI, TDI, SUMITOMO and other manufacturers.
- Seed crystals can be also obtained by HNP method, under which growth of GaN crystals occurs spontaneously in molten gallium under a high pressure nitrogen atmosphere.
- HNP method under which growth of GaN crystals occurs spontaneously in molten gallium under a high pressure nitrogen atmosphere.
- Still further method suitable for obtaining seed crystals involves melting a mixture of sodium azide, metallic gallium and metallic sodium. With increasing temperature sodium azide decomposes and releases atomic nitrogen, which in turn reacts with gallium, forming a desired gallium nitride.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium containing nitride may be formed on a primary substrate by means of lateral overgrowth.
- a primary substrate as described below should be considered to be a particular seed crystal, and various materials can be used to form such a substrate including homo-seed crystals in form of flat wafers or hetero-seeds on which a buffer gallium-containing nitride layer is needed.
- surfaces 6 susceptible to lateral overgrowth can be formed by partial covering of primary substrate 3 with a mask layer 4.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride 7 is formed as a result of lateral overgrowth by a method involving dissolution of a feedstock containing Group XIII elements in a supercritical solvent containing ammonia, and crystallization of a gallium- containing nitride on surfaces 6, at temperature higher and/or pressure lower than in the dissolution process.
- mask layer 4 is insoluble or hardly soluble in supercritical solution containing ammonia.
- Such a mask layer 4 may consist for example of metallic silver - Ag. Also all or some remaining surfaces of the primary substrate may be covered by such a mask layer.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium containing nitride 7, obtained by lateral overgrowth may also be obtained on a primary substrate 3 having a surface in form of stripes 5.
- nitride layer 7 is formed on a side walls 6 of stripes 5.
- Lateral overgrowth of bulk mono-crystal of gallium containing nitride may be also carried out on selected side walls 6 only.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium containing nitride 7 may be formed on a part of a primary substrate 3 only.
- a surface dislocation density of a nitride layer 7 is substantially lower than dislocation density of a primary substrate 3.
- a primary substrate 3 is covered in part only with a mask layer 4, and a nitride layer 5 is grown from the openings in a mask layer 4 upward and laterally.
- stripes made of nitride semiconductor are obtained, having a T-shape cross- section.
- mask layer 4 is removed and a primary substrate 3 covered with stripes having the T-shape cross-section is obtained.
- On the side walls of the stripes a bulk mono-crystal gallium containing nitride 7 is formed by lateral overgrowth.
- Gallium-containing nitride seed crystals having the same composition as a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride, are used as homo-seed crystals.
- the nitride consists essentially of gallium nitride.
- hetero-seeds made - as described above - of sapphire or silicon carbide, with a buffer layer of gallium-containing nitride on at least one surface and a mask covering all the remaining surfaces of such a hetero-seed may be used.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride is deposited on the buffer layer.
- the buffer layer and a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride deposited on the same consist essentially of gallium nitride.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride is grown on a plurality of surfaces susceptible for lateral growth of gallium-containing nitride formed on a homo-seed or on a buffer layer on a hetero-seed, such surfaces being spaced apart from each other.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride is crystallized on a crystal seed thus processed, still further decrease of dislocation density of a bulk nitride mono-crystal of the present invention may be achieved.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride crystallized on the seed crystal in form of a plate with two parallel planes essentially perpendicular to c-axis of hexagonal lattice of gallium-containing nitride is of a • particular value from the point of view of further industrial applications.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride may be grown on all planes of such a seed crystal or a growth on selected planes of the seed may be realized.
- the mono-crystal layer with nitrogen-terminated growth face has lower surface dislocation density than a layer with gallium-terminated growth face.
- the layer with nitrogen- terminated growth face has lower values of FWHM of the X-ray rocking curve than a layer with gallium-terminated growth face.
- the surface dislocation density on nitrogen- terminated growth face is close to 10 4 /cm 2 and at the same time the FWHM of the X-ray rocking curve is close to 60 arcsec.
- a bulk mono-crystal of GaN is grown at the nitrogen-terminated face of the homo-seed, while growth of a bulk mono-crystal of GaN at gallium-terminated face is prevented.
- Prevention can be achieved by covering the gallium-terminated face of the seed by metallic plate made preferably of silver or by coating this face of the seed with a metallic layer, preferably made of silver, or else by arranging on the gallium-terminated face of the seed a second seed crystal of the same size with its gallium-terminated face facing the gallium-terminated face of the first seed.
- Substrate for epitaxy of the present invention may be obtained by a method involving dissolution of a Group XIII elements feedstock in a supercritical solvent and crystallization of a gallium-containing nitride on a surface of seed crystal, with over- saturation of the supercritical solution with respect to gallium-containing nitride being reached by means of temperature and/or pressure variations.
- it is obtained by a method involving dissolution of a gallium feedstock in a supercritical solvent and crystallization of a gallium nitride on a surface of seed crystal, at temperature higher and/or pressure lower than in the dissolution process.
- the supercritical solvent contains NH and/or its derivatives, and includes ions of elements of Group I - at least potassium or sodium ions
- the feedstock consists essentially of gallium-containing nitride and/or its precursors, selected from a group including azides, imides, amido-imides, amides, hydrides, gallium-containing metal compounds and alloys, as well as metallic Group XIII elements especially metallic gallium.
- crystallization of gallium-containing nitride takes place in an autoclave, at temperatures ranging from 100°C to 800°C and at pressures from 10 MPa to 1000 MPa and a molar ratio of ions of elements of Group I to the remaining components of the supercritical solvent ranges from 1:200 to 1:2.
- alkali-metal ions alkali metals or alkali metal compounds, excluding those containing halogens, are used.
- the growth of a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride is controlled by means of adjusting temperature and pressure of dissolution step and temperature and pressure of crystallization step. Crystallization step requires a temperature range of 400 to 600 °C.
- a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride is crystallized in an autoclave with two separated zones - dissolution zone and crystallization zone, with a temperature difference between the two zones during crystallization not bigger than 150°C, preferably not bigger than 100°C.
- a predetermined temperature difference between the two zones is achieved by controlling chemical (mass) transport between the two zones by means of use of a baffle or baffles separating the two zones and / or by means of using a feedstock material containing gallium in a form of gallium-containing nitride crystals having a total surface area bigger than a total surface area of seed crystals used.
- gallium-containing nitride consists essentially of gallium nitride.
- the bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride may include a seed crystal.
- at least one surface of a bulk mono-crystal of gallium-containing nitride is suitable for epitaxial growth of nitride semiconductor layers without any further pre- treatment.
- a bulk nitride mono-crystal of the present invention is obtained by a supercritical crystallization process, which includes at least two steps: a dissolution step at a first temperature and at a first pressure and a crystallization step at a second temperature and at a second pressure. Since generally high pressures and/or high temperatures are involved, the process is preferably conducted in an autoclave.
- the two steps i.e. the dissolution step and the crystallization step
- the process can be conducted in one reactor but the dissolution step is conducted before the crystallization step.
- the reactor can have the conventional construction of one single chamber.
- the process of the invention in the two-step embodiment can be conducted using constant pressure and two different temperatures or using constant temperature and two different pressures. It is also possible to use two different pressures and two different temperatures.
- the exact values of pressure and temperature should be selected depending on the feedstock, the specific nitride to be prepared and the solvent.
- the pressure is in the range of 10 to 1000 MPa, preferably 100 to 550, and more preferably 150 to 300 MPa.
- the temperature is in the range of 100 to 800°C, preferably 300 to 600°C, more preferably 400 to 550°C.
- the difference in pressure should range from 10 MPa to 900 MPa, preferably from 20 MPa to 300 MPa. However, if the dissolution and crystallization are controlled by the temperature, the difference in temperature should be at least 1 °C, and preferably should range from 5 °C to 150 °C.
- the dissolution step and the crystallization step are conducted - at least partially - simultaneously in the same autoclave.
- pressure is practically uniform within the reaction vessel, while temperature difference between the dissolution zone and crystallization zone should be at least 1 °C, and preferably from 5 °C to 150 °C.
- temperature difference between the dissolution zone and crystallization zone should be controlled so as to ensure a chemical transport in the supercritical solution, which takes place through convection in an autoclave.
- a gallium-containing feedstock will be a substance or mixture of substances, which contains at least gallium, and optionally alkali metals, other Group XIII element(s), nitrogen, and/or hydrogen, such as metallic elements of Group XIII, in particular Ga, alloys and inter-metallic compounds, hydrides, amides, imides, amido-imides, azides.
- Suitable gallium-containing feedstocks can be selected from the group consisting of gallium nitride - GaN, azides such as Ga(N 3 ) 3 , imides such as Ga 2 (NH) 3 , amido-imides such as Ga(NH)NH 2 , amides such as Ga(NH 2 ) 3 , hydrides such as GaH 3 , gallium-containing alloys, metallic gallium and mixtures thereof.
- Preferred feedstocks are metallic gallium and gallium nitride and mixtures thereof. Most preferably, the feedstock is metallic gallium or gallium nitride.
- Group XIII is to be incorporated into the gallium-containing nitride crystal, corresponding compounds or mixed compounds including Ga and the other Group XIII element can be used. If the substrate is to contain dopants or other additives, precursors thereof can be added to the feedstock.
- the form of the feedstock is not particularly crucial and it can be in the form of one or more pieces or in the form of a powder. If the feedstock is in the form of powder, care should be taken that individual powder particles are not transported from the dissolution zone to the crystallization zone, where they can cause uncontrolled crystallization. It is preferable that the feedstock is in form of one or more pieces and that the surface area of the feedstock is larger than that of the crystallization seed.
- the nitrogen-containing solvent employed in the present invention must be able to form a supercritical fluid, in which gallium can be dissolved in the presence of alkali metal ions.
- the solvent is ammonia, a derivative thereof or mixtures thereof.
- a suitable example of ammonia derivative is hydrazine.
- the solvent is ammonia.
- halogens e.g. in the form of halides are preferably not intentionally added into the reactor. Although traces of halogens may be introduced into the system in the form of unavoidable impurities of the starting materials, care should be taken to keep the amount of halogen as low as possible. Due to the use of a nitrogen-containing solvent such as ammonia it is not necessary to include nitride compounds into the feedstock.
- Gallium nitride exhibits good solubility in supercritical NH 3 , provided it contains alkali metals or their compounds, such as KNH .
- the graph in Fig. 1 presents solubility of GaN in supercritical solvent depending on pressure, for temperatures 400 and 500°C, defined as a molar percentage: S m ⁇ [GaN solution : (KNH 2 + NH 3 )] x 100%.
- KNH 2 in supercritical ammonia is used as a solvent and a molar ratio x ⁇ KNH 2 : NH 3 is equal to 0,07.
- gallium complexes could be introduced into a solvent having the above composition starting with the simplest substrate, i.e. metallic gallium.
- a gallium-nitride over-saturated solution is obtained and crystallization on seed occurs.
- the above discussed method allows growth of a bulk mono- crystals of gallium nitride on seeds and leads in particular to formation of stoichiometric gallium nitride in the form of a bulk mono-crystal of gallium nitride on the gallium-nitride seed crystal.
- FIG. 2 in the drawing shows a microscopic view of a cross-section of one of the obtained samples of crystal seed with two bulk nitride mono-crystals according to the invention.
- sample a crystal seed obtained by HVPE method and having a thickness of ca. 100 ⁇ m was used.
- GaN layers crystallized on both sides of the seed were 250 ⁇ m thick, in total.
- the brightness of the internal seed layer is caused by a so-called yellow luminescence typical for GaN and most probably caused by radiation processes involving native defects of a crystal, such as for example nitrogen vacancies.
- the crystallized bulk mono-crystal of GaN there is no yellow-luminescence effect, and therefore they can be easily distinguished from the seed crystal under fluorescence microscope.
- Lack of yellow luminescence effect may result from a low level of native defects in a substrate according to the invention or from a high number of non-radiation centers in the bulk mono-crystal of GaN obtained.
- the latter explanation is probable in view of a presence of impurities such as transition elements such as Ni, Co, Cr, and Ti originating from the reaction environment.
- the solubility of feedstock namely gallium and corresponding elements of Group XIII and/or their compounds
- alkali metal-containing component as a solubilization aid
- Lithium, sodium and potassium are preferred as alkali metals, wherein sodium and potassium are more preferred.
- the mineralizer can be added to the supercritical solvent in elemental form or preferably in the form of alkali metal compound. Generally the choice of the mineralizer depends on the solvent employed in the process. According to our investigations, alkali metal having a smaller ion radius can provide lower solubility of gallium-containing nitride in the supercritical ammonia solvent than that obtained with alkali metals having a larger ion radius.
- the mineralizer is in the form of a compound, it is preferably an alkali metal hydride such as MH, an alkali metal nitride such as M 3 N, an alkali metal amide such as MNH 2 , an alkali metal imide such as M 2 NH or an alkali metal azide such as MN 3 (wherein M is an alkali metal).
- concentration of the mineralizer is not particularly restricted and is selected so as to ensure adequate levels of solubility of feedstock (the starting material), crystallization seed and gallium-containing nitride (the resulting product).
- the concentration is from 1 : 100 to 1 : 5, more preferably 1 : 20 to 1 : 8 moles of the metal ion based on the moles of the solvent.
- the presence of the alkali metal in the process can lead to the presence of alkali- metal elements in the thus prepared nitride mono-crystals. It is possible that the amount of alkali metal elements is more than about 0.1 ppm, even more than 10 ppm. However, in these amounts the alkali metals do not detrimentally effect the properties of the mono- crystals. It has been found that even at an alkali metal content of 500 ppm, the operational parameters of a nitride bulk mono-crystal according to the invention when used as a substrate for epitaxy are still satisfactory.
- the dissolved feedstock crystallizes in the crystallization step under the low solubility conditions on the crystallization seed(s) which are provided in the autoclave. Due to the good crystalline quality, the obtained bulk mono-crystals of gallium- containing nitride of the present invention may be used as substrates for opto-electronic semiconductor devices based on nitrides, in particular for laser diodes.
- the temperature was increased to 450°C.
- a pressure inside the autoclave was at that temperature about 230 MPa.
- the high-temperature crystallization zone temperature was increased to 500°C and temperature of the low-temperature dissolution zone was decreased to about 370°C and the autoclave was maintained under those conditions for the next 20 days (graph in Fig. 8).
- a 3.0 g sintered gallium nitride tablet was placed in low-temperature dissolution zone of the 35.6 cm high-pressure autoclave and gallium nitride seed crystal obtained by using the HVPE method, having a thickness of 120 ⁇ m and surface area of 2.2 cm 2 was placed in the high-temperature crystallization zone of the same autoclave, and 2.3 g 4N purity metallic potassium was introduced.
- the autoclave was filled with 15.9 g (5N) ammonia and closed.
- 1.6 g gallium nitride obtained using the HVPE method was placed in low- temperature zone of the 35.6 cm 3 high-pressure autoclave, 0.8 g gallium nitride seed crystals obtained also using the HVPE method were placed in the high-temperature zone, and 3.56 g 4N purity metallic potassium was introduced.
- the autoclave was filled with 14.5 g (5N) ammonia and closed. Autoclave was then introduced into the oven and heated to about 425°C. Pressure inside the autoclave was about 150 MPa. After one day, temperature of the high-temperature zone was increased to 450°C, and temperature of the low-temperature zone was decreased to 400°C and the autoclave was maintained under those conditions for the next 8 days (graph in Fig.
- the autoclave was filled with 15.4g of ammonia (5N), closed, put into a furnaces and heated to temperature of 200°C. After 1 day - during which period metallic gallium was reacted to form gallium in the soluble form in the supercritical solution - the autoclave was heated so that temperature in the crystallization zone was increased to 500°C, while temperature in the dissolution zone was increased to 400°C. The resulting pressure was about 230 MPa. The autoclave was kept in these conditions for the next 8 days (graph in Fig. 12). As a result of this process, partial dissolution of material in the dissolution zone and growth of gallium nitride on gallium- nitride seeds in the crystallization zone took place.
- 5N ammonia
- the resulting crystals of gallium nitride were in the form of two-sided mono-crystalline layers having a total thickness of 450 microns.
- the doping was effective in the layer grown on N-terminated face of GaN seed. That layer had a thickness of about 270 microns.
- Its cathodoluminescence spectrum at room temperature had a broad peak with a maximum at about 2.9 eV (blue).
- the presence of magnesium was also confirmed by SIMS measurement at the level of 10 18 / cm 3 .
- the autoclave was filled with 38.8 g of ammonia (5N), closed, put into a furnaces and heated to temperature of 200°C. After 1 day - during which period metallic gallium was reacted to form gallium in the soluble form in the supercritical solution - the autoclave was heated so that temperature in the crystallization zone was increased to 550°C, while temperature in the dissolution zone was increased to 450°C. The resulting pressure was about 260 MPa. The autoclave was kept in these conditions for the next 8 days (graph in Fig. 13). As a result of this process, partial dissolution of material in the dissolution zone and growth of gallium nitride on gallium-nitride seeds in the crystallization zone took place.
- 5N ammonia
- the resulting crystals of gallium nitride were in the form of two-sided mono-crystalline layers having a total thickness of 500 microns.
- the layer grown at N-terminated side had good crystalline quality: the FWHM of X-ray rocking curve from (0002) plane was 66 arcsec and the dislocation density calculated from the cathodoluminescence map was 6 x 10 / cm .
- the resulting crystals of Al 0.2 Ga 0.8 N were in the form of two-sided mono-crystalline layers having a total thickness of 10 microns.
- the Al content was determined by X-ray diffraction measurement, as well as EDX measurement. Both techniques yielded consistent Al content at the level of 20 at.% (in cation sublattice).
- the autoclave was filled with 256 g of ammonia (5N), closed, put into a furnaces and heated to temperature of 200°C. After 3 days - during which period metallic gallium was reacted to form gallium in the soluble form in the supercritical solution - the autoclave was heated so that temperature in the crystallization zone was increased to 550°C, while temperature in the dissolution zone was increased to 450°C. The resulting pressure was about 260 MPa. The autoclave was kept in these conditions for the next 16 days (graph in Fig. 15). As a result of this process, partial dissolution of material in the dissolution zone and growth of gallium nitride on gallium-nitride seeds in the crystallization zone took place. The resulting crystals of gallium nitride were in the form of two-sided mono-crystalline layers having a total thickness of 1000 microns. Examples 12-19
- Example 22 In this example a bulk mono-crystal of GaN has been formed on a primary substrate as illustrated in Fig. 17, showing a cross-section of the obtained substrate for epitaxy.
- a primary substrate has been used which has been formed as follows:
- a buffer layer 2 was deposited at the 500°C using hydrogen as a gaseous carrier and ammonia and TGM (trimethyl gallium) as gaseous reagents and thereafter in a standard growth temperature a nitride semiconductor layer 3 was deposited by MOCVD method.
- the nitride semiconductor layer 3 is typically a n-type semiconductor (Fig. 17-A). Thickness of the buffer layer 2 should be within a range of 50 to 500 A. There is no limit of thickness of nitride semiconductor layer 3 other than that impaired by MOCVD method used for depositing the same.
- the nitride semiconductor layer 3 was etched in order to obtain a surface having a striped structure with parallel stripes 5 (Fig. 17-B).
- free surfaces of sapphire plate 1 are covered by mask layer 4.
- Such mask layer 4 is made of a material insoluble in the supercritical solution or of a material which - when dissolved in supercritical solution - does not introduce any polluting species.
- Silver - Ag is a suitable material for forming the mask layer 4.
- the primary substrate prepared as described above was placed in the high- temperature zone of the same autoclave as used in Examples 1-10, 12-21 and a bulk mono- crystal of GaN was deposited under the same conditions as in Example 9. It has turned out that lateral overgrowth has dominated and on a primary substrate 3 as shown in Fig. 17-B constituting a seed crystal, during a 70 hours process, a nitride layer 7 was deposited in form of a bulk mono-crystal of GaN (Fig. 17-D). The deposited GaN layer 7 was more than 1 ⁇ m thick. Its thickness was nearly 300 ⁇ m.
- Example 22 Procedure as described in Example 22 was repeated except that different primary substrate was used as seed-crystal.
- a nitride semiconductor layer 3 was formed by HVPE. The layer was more than 30 ⁇ m thick.
- stripes 5 were formed and the sapphire plate 1 was removed.
- the thus prepared primary substrate was placed in the high-temperature zone of the autoclave and the mono-crystalline nitride layer 7 was formed by lateral overgrowth.
- Fig. 19 shows a sectional view of a ridge type UV laser diode 100 having an active layer of Al x Ga 1-x N (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.7) multi-quantum well (MQW) structure, which is formed on the inventive substrate 101 of GaN having a defect density of 10 6 /cm 2 made by the method of crystallization from supercritical solution disclosed in the Polish Patent Application No.P-347918.
- MQW multi-quantum well
- a buffer layer 102 made of 4 ⁇ m Alo .05 Ga 0. 5 N
- an n-type contact layer 103 of 5 ⁇ m Alo.o 5 Ga 0 . 5N doped with Si
- a crack-preventing layer 104 of 0.15 ⁇ m In 0. o 6 Gao, 4 N doped with Si, formed at 800°C
- an n-type clad layer 105 of super lattice comprising 100 layers of 2.5 nm (25 A) Alo. 05 Ga 0 .
- n-type clad layer 105 may be omitted depending on the device characteristics.
- an active layer 107 which comprises multi-quantum well structure made by combination of 4.5 nm un-doped GaN well-layer and 10 nm Al 0 15 Gao. 85 N barrier layer, wherein the well layer may be un-doped while the barrier layer may be doped with n-type dopant such as Si of 10 7 to 10 1 /cm 3 .
- the most upside barrier layer may be un-doped to prevent Mg-diffusion from the next layer, p-type carrier confining layer 108 containing p- type dopant such as Mg.
- p-type nitride semiconductor comprising a p-type electron confining layer 108 of 10 nm p-Alo. 3 Ga . 7 N doped with Mg of 1 x 10 19 /cm 3 , a p-type optical guide layer 109 of 0.15 ⁇ m Al 0 .o 4 Gao .96 N doped with Mg, a p-type super lattice clad layer 110 of 90 layers (0.45 ⁇ m) of 2.5 nm p-Alo .1 Gao .9 N/ 2.5 nm Alo. 05 Gao.
- p-type contact layer 111 of 15 nm p- GaN doped with Mg of 10 21 /cm 3 . Any other layers than the p-type clad layer 110 may be omitted depending on the device characteristics.
- the laser diode is provided with a ridge strip made by etching in a manner that both side etched optical guide layer 109 is up to 0.1 ⁇ m in thickness.
- the described device is also provided with a strip-like p-electrode 120 of Ni/Au, a strip-like n-electrode 121 of Ti/Al, a protective layer 162 of ZrO 2 , a dielectric multi-layer 164 of SiO 2 and TiO 2 , and pad electrodes 122 and 123 ofNi-Ti-Au.
- a blue laser diode formation with an active layer of In y Ga 1-y N (0 ⁇ y ⁇ 0.7) MQW structure in place of AlGaN MQW structure except using a substrate of GaN having a defect density of 10 4 /cm 2 in place of substrate of GaN having a defect density of 10 6 /cm 2 in the above Example 24, the same procedure as the Example 24 is carried out to form a blue laser diode (LD) having the following structure: p-GaN contact layer 111 doped with Mg of 10 20 /cm 3 , p-type superlattice clad layer 110 of p-Alo. 05 Gao .95 N doped with Mg/ un-doped
- LD blue laser diode
- GaN substrate 101 having a defect density of 10 /cm 2 .
- Substrate for epitaxy as obtained in Examples 22-23 was used in a nitride semiconductor laser as illustrated in Fig. 20, obtained by consecutive epitaxial depositing of nitride layers on the substrate for epitaxy as mentioned above, with a mono-crystalline nitride layer 7 formed by lateral overgrowth:
- n-type GaN contact layer 8 crack-preventing layer 9 made of un-doped InGaN, n-type AlGaN superlattice clad layer 10 (emitter) n-type GaN optical guide layer 11,
- InGaN active layer 12 in form of single- or multi-quantum- well layer, p-type AlGaN barrier layer 13, p-type GaN optical guide layer 14, p-type AlGaN superlattice clad layer 15, and p-type GaN contact layer 16.
- the whole device was annealed in MOCVD reactor under nitrogen at 700°C, in order to reduce resistivity of p-type nitride semiconductor layers.
- the external surface of the p-type contact layer is protected with SiO 2 layer.
- the structure is etched in order to form stripes, and to expose mirrors of a resonator and a surface of n-type sub-contact layer.
- the SiO 2 protective layer formed on the external surface of p-type contact layer is removed by wet etching.
- ridges are formed, which are then covered with ZrQ2 protective layer 17.
- p-type electrodes 18 are formed so as to make an ohmic contact at p-type contact layers 16.
- n- type electrodes 19 are formed and arranged in parallel to p-type electrodes.
- a dielectric multi-layer is made of SiO /TiO 2 .
- nitride semiconductor lasers are equipped also with heat sink in order to remove heat effectively. Due to improved quality of a bulk mono-crystal of nitride in the substrate for epitaxy according to the present invention - resulting in an increased resistance to COD (Catastrophic Optical Damage) - it may be expected that lifetime of a lOOmW laser, operating in a continuous mode at threshold current density of 2,0 kA/cm and light wavelength 405 nm, will be increased significantly.
- COD Catastrophic Optical Damage
- the substrate for epitaxy according to the present invention being a layer of bulk mono-crystalline nitride containing gallium and optionally other above mentioned elements is suitable - due to its good crystalline quality - for use in opto-electronics for manufacturing optoelectronic semiconductor devices based on nitrides, in particular for manufacturing semiconductor laser diodes.
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