Abstract

High-quality AIGaAs epilayers have been grown by low pressure organometallic vapor phase epitaxy with a new aluminum precursor tritertiarybutylaluminum (TTBAl). Layers grown at 650°C have a featureless mirror surface morphology and strong room temperature photoluminescence. Carbon was not detectable in chemical analysis by secondary ion mass spectroscopy, nor in low temperature (4K) photoluminescence spectra. Oxygen concentration in Al0.25Ga0.75As is as low as ∼2−3 × 1017 cm−3. Nominally undoped AIGaAs layers exhibit n-type conductiv-ity with electron concentrations at ∼ 1−1.5 × 1016 cm−3. A high degree of compo-sitional uniformity over 5 cm diam substrates (0.268 ±0.001) was obtained. These results indicate the potential for TTBA1 as an aluminum precursor for low temperature growth of Al-containing III-V alloys.

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