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Atomic Layer Processing and Surface Properties of Gallium Nitride and Gallium Oxide
Description
In this dissertation, atomic layer processing and surface characterization techniques were used to investigate surface conditions of wide band gap materials, gallium nitride (GaN) and gallium oxide (Ga2O3). These studies largely focused on mitigation and removal of defect formation induced by ions used in conventional plasma-based dry etching techniques. Band bending measured by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to characterize charge compensation at the surface of GaN (0001) and determine densities of charged surface states produced by dry etching. Mitigation and removal of these dry-etch induced defects was investigated by varying inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching conditions, performing thermal and plasma-based treatments, and development of a novel low-damage, self-limiting atomic layer etching (ALE) process to remove damaged material. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) and ALE techniques were developed for Ga2O3 using trimethylgallium (TMG). Ga2O3 was deposited by ALD on Si using TMG and O2 plasma with a growth rate of 1.0 ± 0.1 Å/cycle. Ga2O3 films were then etched using HF and TMG using a fully thermal ALE process with an etch rate of 0.9 ± Å/cycle. O2 plasma oxidation of GaN for surface conversion to Ga2O3 was investigated as a pathway for ALE of GaN using HF and TMG. This process was characterized using XPS, in situ multi-wavelength ellipsometry, and transmission electron microscopy. This study indicated that the etch rate was lower than anticipated, which was attributed to crystallinity of the converted surface oxide on GaN (0001).
Date Created
2021
Contributors
- Hatch, Kevin Andrew (Author)
- Nemanich, Robert J (Thesis advisor)
- Ponce, Fernando A (Committee member)
- Smith, David J (Committee member)
- Zhao, Yuji (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Extent
202 pages
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.168446
Level of coding
minimal
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Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2021
Field of study: Physics
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