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Amorphous carbon buffer layers for separating free gallium nitride films

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Publication Date2016-11-01
JournalTechnical Physics Letters
AuthorsA. S. Altakhov, R. I. Gorbunov, L. A. Kasharina, F. E. Latyshev, V. A. Tarala
InstitutionsIoffe Institute, North-Caucasus Federal University
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The possibility of using amorphous diamond-like carbon (DLC) films for self-separation of gallium nitride (GaN) layers grown by hydride vapor-phase epitaxy has been analyzed. DLC films have been synthesized by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition under low pressure on sapphire (Al2O3) substrates with a (0001) crystallographic orientation. The samples have been studied by the methods of Raman scattering and X-ray diffraction analysis. It is shown that thin DLC films affect only slightly the processes of nucleation and growth of gallium nitride films. Notably, the strength of the ā€œGaN film-Al2O3ā€ substrate interface decreases, which facilitates separation of the GaN layers.

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