High-quality gallium nitride （GaN） film was grown on nano-pattemed sapphire substrates （NPSS） and investigated using XRD and SEM. It was found that the optimum thickness of the GaN bulter layer on the NPSS is 15 n...High-quality gallium nitride （GaN） film was grown on nano-pattemed sapphire substrates （NPSS） and investigated using XRD and SEM. It was found that the optimum thickness of the GaN bulter layer on the NPSS is 15 nm, which is thinner than that on micro-patterned sapphire substrates （MPSS）. An interesting phenomenon was observed for GaN film grown on NPSS：GaN mainly grows on the trench regions and little grows on the sidewalls of the patterns at the initial growth stage, which is dramatically different from GaN grown on MPSS. In addition. the electrical and optical properties of LEDs grown on NPSS were characterized.展开更多
基金supported by the Suzhou Nanojoin Photonics Co.,Ltd and the High-Tech Achievements Transformation of Jiangsu Province,China(No.BA2012010)
文摘High-quality gallium nitride （GaN） film was grown on nano-pattemed sapphire substrates （NPSS） and investigated using XRD and SEM. It was found that the optimum thickness of the GaN bulter layer on the NPSS is 15 nm, which is thinner than that on micro-patterned sapphire substrates （MPSS）. An interesting phenomenon was observed for GaN film grown on NPSS：GaN mainly grows on the trench regions and little grows on the sidewalls of the patterns at the initial growth stage, which is dramatically different from GaN grown on MPSS. In addition. the electrical and optical properties of LEDs grown on NPSS were characterized.
