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[18a-E202-3] Improvement of surface flatness of HVPE-grown homo-epitaxial GaN layers
Keywords:GaN, HVPE, surface flatness
HVPE-conditions for realization of highly flat GaN surface in GaN on GaN growth were studied in details. Suppression of surface etching during pre-growth period was found to be effective to keep the surface flat. Additionally, macro-steps frequently observed in thick GaN on GaN growth can be explained in terms of facet-growth mechanism and was found to be suppressed by high temperatures growth.