Indium-rich InGaN epitaxial layers grown pseudomorphically on a nano-sculpted InGaN template.

Indium-rich InGaN epitaxial layers with a p-i-n structure were grown pseudomorphically on a strain-relaxed InGaN template to reduce structural strain induced by lattice mismatch. We applied a nano-sculpting process to improve the crystal quality of the strain-relaxed InGaN template. The results show that the nano-sculpting process can suppress effectively the threading dislocation generation and improves significantly the I-V characteristic of the InGaN p-i-n structure. This InGaN template technique with nano-sculpting process shows great potential for future applications in indium-rich InGaN optic-electron devices. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America