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ABSTRACTWe have investigated the growth of AlxGal-xAs (0.1 ≤ x ≤ 1) by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy using trimethylamine alane (TMAA1) as the aluminum precursor. A low pressure (30 Torr) reactor was used with hydrogen as the carrier gas. At the high gas velocities (> 1 m · s-1) employed there was no visible deposition upstream of the substrate. AIGaAs epilayers with featureless surface morphology could be obtained over the entire range of composition. The layers exhibited very strong room-temperature photoluminescence and excellent compositional uniformity (x = 0.235 ± 0.002 over a 40 mm diameter). A comparison was made between the electrical and optical characteristics of AlGaAs grown with either trimethylgallium (TMGa) or triethylgallium (TEGa). The hole concentration of the layers grown using TMGa was significantly higher than that with TEGa (e.g., 6–7 × 1017cm-3vs. 1 × 1016cm-3) for the same TMAA1 and AsH3mole fractions. High-purity AlGaAs was achieved with TMAAl and TEGa at higher AsH3flow rates.
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