In this study, we investigate the effect of Al/N source ratios and growth rates on the growth and structural properties of AlN films on c-plane sapphires by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Both growth rates and Al/N ratios affect crystal qualities of AlN films. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) values of (1015) X-ray rocking curves (XRCs) change from 0.22 to 0.31° with changing of the Al/N ratios, but the curves of (0002) XRCs change from 0.04 to 0.45° with changing of the Al/N ratios. This means that structural deformation due to dislocations is slightly affected by the Al/N ratio in the (1015) XRCs but affected strongly for the (0002) XRCs. From the viewpoint of growth rate, the AlN films with high growth rate (HGR) show better crystal quality than the low growth rate (LGR) films overall, as shown by the FWHM values of the (0002) and (1015) XRCs. Based on cross-sectional transmission electron microscope observation, the HGR sample with an Al/N ratio of 3.1 shows more edge dislocations than there are screw and mixed dislocations in the LGR sample with Al/N ratio of 3.5.

Aluminum nitride(AlN) films were grown on the C-face and on the Si-face of (0001) silicon carbide(SiC) substrates using plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy(PA-MBE). This study was focused on first-stage growth manipulation prior to the start of AlN growth. Al pre-exposure, N-plasma pre-exposure, and simultaneous exposure(Al and N-plasma) procedures were used in the investigation. In addition, substrate polarity and, first-stage growth manipulation strongly affected the growth and properties of the AlN films. Al pre-exposure on the C-face and on the Si-face of SiC substrates prior to initiation of the AlN growth resulted in the formation of hexagonal hillocks on the surface. However, crack formation was observed on the C-face of SiC substrates without Al pre-exposure. X-ray rocking-curve measurements revealed that the AlN epilayers grown on the Si-face of the SiC showed relatively lower tilt and twist mosaic than did the epilayers grown on the C-face of the SiC. The results from the investigations reported in this paper indicate that the growth conditions on the Si-face of the SiC without Al pre-exposure was highly preferred to obtain the overall high-quality AlN epilayers formed using PA-MBE.

We have grown AlN nanorods and AlN films using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy by changing the Al source flux. Plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy of AlN was performed on c-plane Al2O3 substrates with different levels of aluminum (Al) flux but with the same nitrogen flux. Growth behavior of AlN was strongly affected by Al flux, as determined by in-situ reflection high energy electron diffraction. Prior to the growth, nitridation of the Al2O3 substrate was performed and a two-dimensionally grown AlN layer was formed by the nitridation process, in which the epitaxial relationship was determined to be [11-20]AlN//[10-10]Al2O3, and [10-10]AlN//[11-20]Al2O3. In the growth of AlN films after nitridation, vertically aligned nanorod-structured AlN was grown with a growth rate of 1.6μm/h, in which the growth direction was<0001>, for low Al flux. However, with high Al flux, Al droplets with diameters of about 8μm were found, which implies an Al-rich growth environment. With moderate Al flux conditions, epitaxial AlN films were grown. Growth was maintained in two-dimensional or three-dimensional growth mode depending on the Al flux during the growth; however, final growth occurred in three-dimensional growth mode. A lowest root mean square roughness of 0.6 nm (for 2μm×2μm area) was obtained, which indicates a very flat surface.

We report plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy of InXGa1-XN films on c-plane sapphire substrates. Prior to thegrowth of InXGa1-XN films, GaN film was grown on the nitride c-plane sapphire substrate by two-dimensional (2D) growthmode. For the growth of GaN, Ga flux of 3.7×10−8 torr as a beam equivalent pressure (BEP) and a plasma power of 150W with a nitrogen flow rate of 0.76 sccm were fixed. The growth of 2D GaN growth was confirmed by in-situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) by observing a streaky RHEED pattern with a strong specular spot. InN films showedlower growth rates even with the same growth conditions (same growth temperature, same plasma condition, and same BEPvalue of III element) than those of GaN films. It was observed that the growth rate of GaN is 1.7 times higher than that ofInN, which is probably caused by the higher vapor pressure of In. For the growth of InxGa1-xN films with different Incompositions, total III-element flux (Ga plus In BEPs) was set to 3.7×10−8 torr, which was the BEP value for the 2D growthof GaN. The In compositions of the InxGa1-xN films were determined to be 28, 41, 45, and 53% based on the peak positionof (0002) reflection in x-ray θ-2θ measurements. The growth of InxGa1-xN films did not show a streaky RHEED pattern butshowed spotty patterns with weak streaky lines. This means that the net sticking coefficients of In and Ga, considered basedon the growth rates of GaN and InN, are not the only factor governing the growth mode; another factor such as migrationvelocity should be considered. The sample with an In composition of 41% showed the lowest full width at half maximum valueof 0.20 degree from the x-ray (0002) omega rocking curve measurements and the lowest root mean square roughness valueof 0.71nm.

We report growth of epitaxial AlN thin films on c-plane sapphire substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. To achieve two-dimensional growth the substrates were nitrided by nitrogen plasma prior to the AlN growth, which resulted in the formation of a two-dimensional single crystalline AlN layer. The formation of the two-dimensional AlN layer by the nitridation process was confirmed by the observation of streaky reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) patterns. The growth of AlN thin films was performed on the nitrided AlN layer by changing the Al beam flux with the fixed nitrogen flux at 860˚C. The growth mode of AlN films was also affected by the beam flux. By increasing the Al beam flux, two-dimensional growth of AlN films was favored, and a very flat surface with a root mean square roughness of 0.196 nm (for the 2 μm × 2 μm area) was obtained. Interestingly, additional diffraction lines were observed for the two-dimensionally grown AlN films, which were probably caused by the Al adlayer, which was similar to a report of Ga adlayer in the two-dimensional growth of GaN. Al droplets were observed in the sample grown with a higher Al beam flux after cooling to room temperature, which resulted from the excessive Al flux.

We report the structural characterization of BixZn1-xO thin films grown on c-plane sapphire substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. By increasing the Bi flux during the growth process, BixZn1-xO thin films with various Bi contents (x = 0~13.17 atomic %) were prepared. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements revealed the formation of Bi-oxide phase in (Bi)ZnO after increasing the Bi content. However, it was impossible to determine whether the formed Bi-oxide phase was the monoclinic structure α-Bi2O3 or the tetragonal structure β-Bi2O3 by means of XRD θ-2θ measurements, as the observed diffraction peaks of the 2θ value at ~28 were very close to reflection of the (012) plane for the monoclinic structure α-Bi2O3 at 28.064 and the reflection of the (201) plane for the tetragonal structure β-Bi2O3 at 27.946. By means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) using a diffraction pattern analysis and a high-resolution lattice image, it was finally determined as the monoclinic structure α-Bi2O3 phase. To investigate the distribution of the Bi and Bi-oxide phases in BiZnO films, elemental mapping using energy dispersive spectroscopy equipped with TEM was performed. Considering both the XRD and the elemental mapping results, it was concluded that hexagonal-structure wurtzite BixZn1-xO thin films were grown at a low Bi content (x = ~2.37 atomic %) without the formation of α-Bi2O3. However, the increased Bi content (x = 4.63~13.17 atomic %) resulted in the formation of the α-Bi2O3 phase in the wurtzite (Bi)ZnO matrix.

ZnO thin film was grown on a sapphire single crystal substrate by plasma assisted molecular beamepitaxy. In addition to near band edge (NBE) emissions, both blue and green luminescences are also observedtogether. The PL intensity of the blue luminescence (BL) range from 2.7 to 2.9eV increased as the amountof activated oxygen increased, but green luminescence (GL) was weakly observed at about 2.4eV without muchchange in intensity. This result is quite unlike previous studies in which BL and GL were regarded as thetransition between shallow donor levels such as oxygen vacancy and interstitial zinc. Based on the transitionlevel and formation energy of the ZnO intrinsic defects predicted through the first principle calculation, whichemploys density functional approximation (DFA) revised by local density approximation (LDA) and the LDA+Uapproach, the green and blue luminescence are nearly coincident with the transition from the conduction bandto zinc vacancies of V2-Zn and V-Zn, respectively.

분자선증착법으로 (0001) 사파이어 기판 위에 AlxGa1-xN 에피층을 AlN 몰비를 변화시키면서 성장시켰다. AlN 몰비는 0.16에서 0.76까지 변화시켰으며 X선의 회절 실험과 Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy 방법을 이용하여 AlN 몰비를 결정하였다. AlxGa1-xN 에피층의 깊이 방향의 조성 변화를 관찰하였으며 스퍼터 시간에 대해 각 원소가 일정한 원자 농도를 가짐을 알 수 있었다. AlN 몰비의 증가에 따른 표면 특성의 변화를 관찰하기 위하여 atomic force microscopy 측정을 수행하였다. 표면에서의 입자 모양이 AlN 몰비가 변화함에 따라 원형에서 침상형태로 변화함을 알 수 있었다. 표면 입자에 대한 root mean square 값과 average roughness 값을 구하였으며 AlN 몰비를 바꿈에 따라 나타나는 변화를 관찰하였다.

본 연구에서는 분자선 에피택시 방법으로 비대칭 AIAs/GaAs(001)이중 장벽, 삼중장벽구조를 성장한 수 이를 이용하여 2단자 소자를 제작하여 전기적 특성을 분석하였다. 에피층은 쌍결정 X-ray회절 분석과 단면투과 전자현미경을 이용하여 결정성 및 격자 정합성을 확인하였다. 전기적 성능을 보다 향상시키기 위해 n-GaAs에 대한 오믹 접촉등의 소자 제작 공정을 최적화하였다. 삼중장벽 구조를 이용하여 제작한 소자의 전기적 특성 연구 결과 두개의 주요 공진 터널링 전류 피크 사이에 X-valley에 의한 구조를 확인할 수 있었으며, 이중 장벽구조에 제2의 양자우물 구조를 첨가함으로써 낮은 전압위치에서 전류 피크가 향상하는 결과를 얻었다.

MBE에 의해 성장된 Zn1-x FexSe박막의 미세구조가 고분해능 투과전자현미경에 의해 연구되었다.Zn1-x FexSe 박막에서 CuAu-l과 CuPt의 규칙격자가 발견되었다. 이 규칙격자는 전자 회절과 단면 고분해능 격자 이미지에 의해 조사되었다.CuAu-l규칙격자는 (001)InP기판 위에 성장된 Zn1-x FexSe(x=0.43)에서 관찰되었고, 반면에 CuPt규칙격자는 (001)GaAs기판 위에 성장된 Zn1-x FexSe(x=0.43)에서 관찰되었다.43)에서 관찰되었다.

비정질 Si1-xGex(X=0, 0.14, 0.34, 0.53)합금박막의 결정화거동을 X-ray diffractometry(XRD)와 투과전자현미경(transmission electron microscopy, TEM)을 이용하여 조사하였다. 비정질 박막은 열산화막(thermal oxide, SiO2)이 입혀진 Si기판위에 MBE(Molecular Beam Epitaxy)를 이용하여 300˚C에서 증착하였으며 각 Ge조성에 해당하는 기편들을 500˚C ~ 625˚C에서 열처리한 다음 XRD를 이용하여 결정화분율과 결정화후 박막의 우선순방위(texture)경향ㅇ르 조사하였다. 또한 TEM을 사용하여 열처리한 박막의 미세구조를 분석하였다. XRD분석결과 박막내의 Ge함량의 증가는 결정화에 대한 열처리시간을 크게 감소시키는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또한 결정화후 강한(111) 우선방위를 나타내는 Si박막과는 달리 Si1-xGex합금은 (311)우선방위를 가지는 것을 알았으며 이는 비정질 Si박막과 Si1-xGex박막의 결정화기구에 현저한 차이가 있음을 암시한다. TEM관찰에서, 순수한 Si박막은 결정화후 결정립이 타원형이나 수지상(dendrite)형태를 취하고 있었으며 결정립내부에 미페쌍정이나 적층결함들의 많은 결정결함들이 존재하고, 결정립의 성장이 이들 결함을 따라 우선적으로 성장함을 알 수 있었다. 반면에 Si0.47Ge0.53의 경우에서는 결정립모양이 원형에 가까운 동축정(dquiaxed)형상을 하며 결정립내부의 결함밀도도 매우 낮았다. 특히 Si에서 보았던 결정립성장의 방향성은 관찰되지 않았다. 이상의 결과에서 비정질 Si1-xGex(합금박막의 결정화는 Ge이 포함되지 않은 순수한 Si의 twin assisted growth mode에서 Ge 함량의 증가에 따라 ?향성이 없는 random growth mode로 전개되어간다고 결론지을수 있다.