Abstract
GaN grown directly on 4H-SiC substrates by metallorganic molecular-beam epitaxy is investigated in terms of nucleation, coalescence, and growth front evolution. The effects of SiC surface configurations such as step and terrace structures on GaN film growth physics are examined in detail. Comparative studies using on-axis and vicinal SiC surfaces indicate distinguishable differences in structural and morphological characteristics. An anisotropic x-ray characteristic is observed for the GaN film deposited on the vicinal stepped SiC surfaces. This is due to preferential nucleation and coalescence of GaN islands along step edges, which are induced by the confinement of adatoms on the narrow terraces on the vicinal SiC surface.
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