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Erschienen in: The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 9-10/2022

01.04.2022 | ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Investigation of line-shaped CO2 laser annealing on InN/AlN/sapphire substrates

verfasst von: Shih-Feng Tseng, Chun-Jen Wang, Wei-Chun Chen

Erschienen in: The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology | Ausgabe 9-10/2022

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Abstract

In this study, a radio-frequency plasma-assisted chemical beam epitaxy (RF-PACBE) system with low growing temperatures was used to grow high-quality indium nitride (InN) thin films. The prepared InN thin films were annealed through a line-shaped CO2 laser beam irradiation in an atmospheric environment at room temperature. The structural and electrical properties of InN thin films annealed with different CO2 laser annealing parameters were measured and analyzed. The crystalline grains turned into large and granular morphologies after the InN thin films were annealed under various feeding speeds of a motorized X-axis positioning stage. According to the measured XRD patterns and rocking curves, the InN (0 0 2) peak intensities of laser-annealed thin films were higher than those of as-grown InN thin films. All surface roughnesses and sheet resistances of laser-annealed InN thin films were higher and less than those of as-grown InN thin films. At the set feeding speed of 7.5 mm/s, the laser-annealed InN thin film had the largest grain size of 69.4 nm and the lowest sheet resistance of 20.21 ± 0.27 Ω/sq. The experimental results revealed that the proper annealing conditions could decrease grain boundaries and release internal stresses to enhance the electrical properties through adjusting feeding speeds.

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Metadaten
Titel
Investigation of line-shaped CO2 laser annealing on InN/AlN/sapphire substrates
verfasst von
Shih-Feng Tseng
Chun-Jen Wang
Wei-Chun Chen
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2022
Verlag
Springer London
Erschienen in
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology / Ausgabe 9-10/2022
Print ISSN: 0268-3768
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-3015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-022-09130-2

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