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- Sun, J. W., et al.
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Combined effects of Ga, N, and Al codoping in solution grown 3C-SiC
- 2010
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In: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 108:1, s. 013503-1-013503-10
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We report on Ga-doped 3C–SiC epitaxial layers grown on on-axis (0001) 6H–SiC substrates using the vapor-liquid-solid technique and different melts. The resulting samples have been investigated using secondary ion mass spectroscopy(SIMS), micro-Raman spectroscopy and, finally, low temperature photoluminescence (LTPL) spectroscopy. From SIMS measurements we find Ga concentrations in the range of , systematically accompanied by high nitrogen content. In good agreement with these findings, the spectra show that the Ga-doped samples are -type, with electron concentrations close to . As expected, the LTPL spectra are dominated by strong N–Ga donor-acceptor pair (DAP) transitions. In one sample, a weak additional N–Al DAP recombination spectrum is also observed, showing the possibility to have accidental codoping with Ga and Al simultaneously. This was confirmed on a non-intentionally doped 3C–SiC (witness) sample on which, apart of the usual N and Al bound exciton lines, a small feature resolved at 2.35 eV comings from neutral Ga bound excitons. Quantitative analyses of the DAP transition energies in the Ga-doped and witness sample gave 346 meV for the optical binding energy of Ga acceptors in 3C–SiC against 251 meV for the Al one. The conditions for the relative observa-tion of Ga and Al related LTPL features are discussed and the demonstration of room temperature luminescence using Ga doping is done.
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- Sun, J. W., et al.
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LTPL Investigation of N-Ga and N-Al Donor-Acceptor Pair Spectra in 3C-SiC Layers Grown by VLS on 6H-SiC Substrates
- 2010
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In: Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 2009. ; , s. 415-418
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Ga-doped 3C-SiC layers have been grown on on-axis 6H-SiC (0001) substrates by the VLS technique and investigated by low temperature photoluminescence (LTPL) measurements. On these Ga-doped samples, all experimental spectra collected at 5K were found dominated by strong N-Ga donor-acceptor pair (DAP) transitions and phonon replicas. As expected, the N-Ga DAP zero-phonon line (ZPL) was located at lower energy ( 86 meV) below the N-Al one. Fitting the transition energies for the N-Al close DAP lines gave 251 meV for the Al acceptor binding energy in 3C-SiC and, by comparison, 337 meV for the Ga acceptor one.
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- Sun, J. W., et al.
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Splitting of close N-Al donor-acceptor-pair spectra in 3C-SiC
- 2010
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Discrete series of lines have been observed for many years in N‐Al DAP (Donor Acceptor Pair) spectra in 3C‐SiC. Unfortunately, up to now, there has been no quantitative analysis for the splitting of lines in a given shell. This is done in this work for N‐Al DAP spectra in 3C‐SiC. The samples were non‐intentionally doped 3C‐SiC layers grown by CVD on a VLS seeding layer grown on a 6H‐SiC substrate. From low temperature photoluminescence measurements, strong N‐Al DAP emission bands were observed and, on the high energy side of the zero‐phonon line, we could resolve a series of discrete lines coming from close pairs. Comparing with literature data, we show that the splitting energy for a given shell is constant and, to explain this shell substructure, we consider the non equivalent sets of sites for a given shell. Results are discussed in terms of the ion‐ion interaction containing third and forth multipole terms.
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- Thierry-Jebali, N., et al.
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Applications of vapor-liquid-solid selective epitaxy of highly p-type doped 4H-SiC: PiN diodes with peripheral protection and improvement of specific contact resistance of ohmic contacts
- 2014
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In: SILICON CARBIDE AND RELATED MATERIALS 2013, PTS 1 AND 2. - : Trans Tech Publications. - 9783038350101 ; , s. 639-644
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This work deals with two applications of the Selective Epitaxial Growth of highly p-type doped buried 4H-SiC in Vapor-Liquid-Solid configuration (SEG-VLS). The first application is the improvement of the Specific Contact Resistance (SCR) of contacts made on such p-type material. As a result of the extremely high doping level, SCR values as low as 1.3x10-6 Ω.cm2 have been demonstrated. Additionally, the high Al concentration of the SEG-VLS 4H-SiC material induces a lowering of the Al acceptor ionization energy down to 40 meV. The second application is the fabrication of PiN diodes with SEG-VLS emitter and guard-rings peripheral protection. Influence of some process parameters and crystal orientation on the forward and reverse characteristics of the PiN diodes is discussed. © (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
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- Zoulis, G., et al.
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Effects of Growth Conditions on the Low Temperature Photoluminescence Spectra of (111) 3C-SiC Layers Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition on 3C-SiC Seeds grown by the Vapor-Liquid-Solid Technique
- 2010
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In: AIP Conference Proceedings. - : AIP. - 0094-243X.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We report the results of a low temperature photoluminescence investigation of 3C‐SiC samples grown by chemical vapor deposition on vapor‐liquid‐solid seeds. The main parameters tested in this series of samples were i°) the effects of changing the C/Si ratio and ii°) the growth temperature on the final growth product. On the first series the C/Si ratio varied from 1 to 14 for a constant growth temperature of 1550° C. For the second series, the growth temperature varied from 1450 to 1650° C by steps of 50° C with a constant C/Si ratio equal to 3. According to this work, the best results (minimum incorporation of impurities and best crystal quality) were obtained when using a C/Si ratio of 3 at 1650° C.
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