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Defect Structure of α-Ga2O3 Film Grown on a m-face Sapphire Substrate, According to Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigation

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The results of a study by transmission electron microscopy of the structural state of α-Ga2O3 film with a thickness of about 1 micron, grown on the prismatic m-face sapphire by the method of chloride vapor phase epitaxy, are presented. The influence of the substrate orientation on the formation of the dislocation structure is discussed. Threading dislocations, including those with the Burgers vector 1/3(\(11\bar {2}0\)), and dislocation half-loops are revealed. The inclined propagation of dislocations and the of the threading dislocation density near the surface.

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This study was supported financially by grant No. 19-29-12041 mk from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

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  1. Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. V. Myasoedov, A. I. Pechnikov, S. I. Stepanov & V. I. Nikolaev

  2. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography “Crystallography and Photonics,” Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    I. S. Pavlov

  3. Perfect Crystals LLC, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

    A. I. Pechnikov, S. I. Stepanov & V. I. Nikolaev

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Myasoedov, A.V., Pavlov, I.S., Pechnikov, A.I. et al. Defect Structure of α-Ga2O3 Film Grown on a m-face Sapphire Substrate, According to Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigation. Tech. Phys. Lett. 49 (Suppl 2), S90–S93 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785023900455

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