Effect of Si Doping on the Crystal Structure of HVPE Grown Boron Phosphide

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Boron Phosphide (BP) layers have been grown on Si (100) as a substrate for cubic GaN heteroepitaxy. Si heavy doping was attempted to reduce the threading dislocation density in the BP. To observe the effect on dislocations in BP by Si doping, we used cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM). Also, Glow Discharge-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (GDOES) were used to evaluate the effect of Si doping. For the samples under the conditions (a) and (e), we found the formation of pits at BP surface and an increasing in the proportion of threading dislocations with an angle of 90 ° to the surface. We could not see a significant change in the threading dislocation density by Si doping under the conditions used in this paper.

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