Investigation of some group III-V dilute nitride materials grown by liquid phase epitaxy

Abstract

We review here our work on the growth of dilute GaAsN, GaSbN and InAsN epitaxial layers using a novel liquid phase epitaxy technique, first developed by us. The growth melt for these materials were preapared by using either polycrystalline GaN or InN powder as the source of nitrogen for Ga-based or In-based compounds, respectively. The nitrogen content in the grown materials was obtained through various characterization techniques, namely, energy dispersive X-rays, high resolution X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Nitrogen-induced deep levels in some materials have been identified and investigated.