摘要
High-quality InSb epilayers are grown on semi-insulting GaAs substrates by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition using an indium pre-deposition technique. The influence of Ⅴ/Ⅲ ratio and indium pre-deposition time on the surface morphology, crystalline quality and electrical properties of the InSb epilayer is systematically investigated using Nomarski microscopy, atomic force microscopy, high-resolution x-ray diffraction, Hall measurement and contactless sheet resistance measurement. It is found that a 2-μm-thick InSb epilayer grown at 450℃ with a Ⅴ/Ⅲ ratio of 5 and an indium pre-deposition time of 2.5s exhibits the optimum material quality, with a root-meansquare surface roughness of only 1.2 nm, an XRD rocking curve with full width at half maximum of 358 arcsec and a room-temperature electron mobility of 4.6 × 10~4 cm^2/V·s. These values are comparable with those grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Hall sensors are fabricated utilizing a 600-nm-thick InSb epilayer. The output Hall voltages of these sensors exceed 10 mV with the input voltage of 1 V at 9.3 mT and the electron mobility of 3.2 × 10~4 cm^2/V·s is determined, which indicates a strong potential for Hall applications.
High-quality InSb epilayers are grown on semi-insulting GaAs substrates by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition using an indium pre-deposition technique. The influence of Ⅴ/Ⅲ ratio and indium pre-deposition time on the surface morphology, crystalline quality and electrical properties of the InSb epilayer is systematically investigated using Nomarski microscopy, atomic force microscopy, high-resolution x-ray diffraction, Hall measurement and contactless sheet resistance measurement. It is found that a 2-μm-thick InSb epilayer grown at 450℃ with a Ⅴ/Ⅲ ratio of 5 and an indium pre-deposition time of 2.5s exhibits the optimum material quality, with a root-meansquare surface roughness of only 1.2 nm, an XRD rocking curve with full width at half maximum of 358 arcsec and a room-temperature electron mobility of 4.6 × 10~4 cm^2/V·s. These values are comparable with those grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Hall sensors are fabricated utilizing a 600-nm-thick InSb epilayer. The output Hall voltages of these sensors exceed 10 mV with the input voltage of 1 V at 9.3 mT and the electron mobility of 3.2 × 10~4 cm^2/V·s is determined, which indicates a strong potential for Hall applications.
作者
Xin Li
Yu Zhao
Min Xiong
Qi-Hua Wu
Yan Teng
Xiu-Jun Hao
Yong Huang
Shuang-Yuan Hu
Xin Zhu
李欣;赵宇;熊敏;吴启花;滕;郝修军;黄勇;胡双元;朱忻(School of Nano Technology and Nano Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China;Key Laboratory of Nanodevices and Applications, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics,Chinese Academy of Sciences;School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University;Suzhou Matrix Opto Co. Ltd)
基金
Supported by the Hundred Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
the CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team
the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 61874179,61804161 and 61605236
the Key Frontier Scientific Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No QYZDB-SSW-JSC014