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Silicon-doped β-Ga2O3 films grown at 1 µm/h by suboxide molecular-beam epitaxy

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Azizie_cornell_0058O_11683.pdf (9.61 MB)
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https://doi.org/10.7298/5z44-z527
https://hdl.handle.net/1813/113871
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Author
Azizie, Kathy
Abstract

We report the use of suboxide molecular-beam epitaxy (S-MBE) to grow β-Ga2O3 at a growth rate of ~1 µm/h with control of the silicon doping concentration from 5x10^16 to 10^19 cm^-3. In S-MBE, pre-oxidized gallium in the form of a molecular beam that is 99.98% Ga2O, i.e., gallium suboxide, is supplied. Directly supplying Ga2O to the growth surface bypasses the rate-limiting first step of the two-step reaction mechanism involved in the growth of β-Ga2O3 by conventional MBE. As a result, a growth rate of ~1 µm/h is readily achieved at a relatively low growth temperature (Tsub ≈ 525 °C), resulting in films with high structural perfection and smooth surfaces (rms roughness of < 2 nm on ~1 µm thick films). Silicon-containing oxide sources (SiO and SiO2) producing an SiO suboxide molecular beam are used to dope the β Ga2O3 layers. Temperature-dependent Hall effect measurements on a 1 µm thick film with a mobile carrier concentration of 2.7x10^17 cm^–3 reveal a room-temperature mobility of 124 cm^2 V^–1 s^–1 that increases to 627 cm^2 V^–1 s^–1 at 76 K; the silicon dopants are found to exhibit an activation energy of 27 meV. We also demonstrate working MESFETs made from these silicon-doped β-Ga2O3 films grown by S-MBE at growth rates of ~1 μm/h.

Date Issued
2023-05
Keywords
gallium oxide
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molecular-beam epitaxy
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oxides
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suboxide
Committee Chair
Schlom, Darrell
Committee Member
Xing, Huili
Thompson, Michael
Degree Discipline
Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Name
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Level
Master of Science
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Type
dissertation or thesis
Link(s) to Catalog Record
https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/16176434

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