Aluminum incorporation efficiencies in A- and C-plane AlGaN grown by MOVPE**Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61504128, 61504129, 61274041, and 11275228), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB619305), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2014AA032603, 2014AA032609, and 2015AA010801), and the Guangdong Provincial Scientific and Technologic

Abstract

The aluminum incorporation efficiencies in nonpolar A-plane and polar C-plane AlGaN films grown by metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy (MOVPE) are investigated. It is found that the aluminum content in A-plane AlGaN film is obviously higher than that in the C-plane sample when the growth temperature is above 1070 °C. The high aluminum incorporation efficiency is beneficial to fabricating deep ultraviolet optoelectronic devices. Moreover, the influences of the gas inlet ratio, the V/III ratio, and the chamber pressure on the aluminum content are studied. The results are important for growing the AlGaN films, especially nonpolar AlGaN epilayers.