Composition pulling effect and strain relief mechanism in AlGaN/AlN distributed Bragg reflectors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Liu, B ^a   Zhang, R ^a   Zheng, J G ^b   Ji, X L ^a   Fu, D Y ^a   Xie, Z L ^a   Chen, D J ^a   Chen, P ^a   Jiang, R L ^a   Zheng, Y D ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of California Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL COMPOSITION; ALGAN; ALGAN LAYERS; ALN LAYERS; COMPOSITION PULLING EFFECT; CROSS-SECTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; GAN TEMPLATE; RECIPROCAL SPACE MAPPING; STRAIN RELIEF; UPPER LAYER;

ALUMINUM; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; REFLECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

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EID: 79960098945     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3605681     Document Type: Article

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