COMPOSITIONAL INHOMOGENEITY AND IMMISCIBILITY OF A GAINN TERNARY ALLOY

Citation
A. Wakahara et al., COMPOSITIONAL INHOMOGENEITY AND IMMISCIBILITY OF A GAINN TERNARY ALLOY, Applied physics letters, 71(7), 1997, pp. 906-908
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
71
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
906 - 908
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1997)71:7<906:CIAIOA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Compositional inhomogeneity in a GaInN ternary alloy layer is investig ated. A theoretical estimation of the interaction parameter based on t he delta lattice parameter suggests that the immiscibility of InN in a nitride alloy is very strong. We investigate the compositional splitt ing and the existence of InN inclusion in the GaInN epilayer grown on sapphire (0001) substrates. Thc mechanism of compositional inhomogenei ty is discussed. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.