Abstract

The crystal structure and optical properties of thick (>100nm) AlN layers grown by hot-wall metalorganic chemical vapor deposition are characterized by infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry, cathodoluminescence, and transmission electron microscopy. The choice of substrates among the available SiC wafer polytype modifications (4H∕6H) and misorientations (on-/off-axis cut) is found to determine the AlN defect interaction, stress homogeneity, and luminescence. The growth of thick AlN layers benefits by performing the epitaxy on off-axis substrates because, due to stacking faults, the propagation of threading defects in AlN layers is stopped in a narrow interface region.

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