Heterostructure for an optoelectronic device
AssigneeSensor Electronic Technology, Inc.
InventorsMikhail Gaevski, Alexander Dobrinsky, Maxim S. Shatalov, Michael Shur
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Abstract
A heterostructure, such as a group III nitride heterostructure, for use in an optoelectronic device is described. The heterostructure can include a sacrificial layer, which is located on a substrate structure. The sacrificial layer can be at least partially decomposed using a laser. The substrate structure can be completely removed from the heterostructure or remain attached thereto. One or more additional solutions for detaching the substrate structure from the heterostructure can be utilized. The heterostructure can undergo additional processing to form the optoelectronic device.
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A method of fabricating a group III nitride heterostructure, the method comprising:
- epitaxially growing a sacrificial layer over a substrate structure, wherein the substrate structure includes a substrate and a set of group III nitride layers directly on the substrate, wherein the sacrificial layer is grown directly on a surface of a group III nitride layer in the set of group III nitride layers, and wherein each of the set of group III nitride layers in the substrate structure have an aluminum molar fraction of at least 0.5, and wherein the sacrificial layer includes a plurality of columns, the plurality of columns including a plurality of sub-layers, each of the plurality of columns spaced from adjacent columns of the plurality of columns, each sub-layer formed of a different material from an immediately adjacent sub-layer of the plurality of sub-layers and at least one sub-layer in the plurality of sub-layers is gallium nitride;
- epitaxially growing the group III nitride heterostructure directly on the sacrificial layer;
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- decomposing the sacrificial layer by irradiating the sacrificial layer with a laser through the substrate structure to at least partially release the group III nitride heterostructure from the substrate structure, wherein the sacrificial layer is configured to result in absorption of the irradiated laser light at least an order of magnitude higher than any of the set of group III nitride layers in the substrate structure.
A method of fabricating a group III nitride heterostructure, the method comprising:
- epitaxially growing a sacrificial layer over a substrate structure, wherein the substrate structure includes a substrate and a set of group III nitride layers directly on the substrate, wherein the sacrificial layer is grown directly on a surface of a group III nitride layer in the set of group III nitride layers, wherein the sacrificial layer is gallium nitride, and wherein each of the set of group III nitride layers in the substrate structure have an aluminum molar fraction of at least 0.5;
- epitaxially growing the group III nitride heterostructure directly on the sacrificial layer;
- etching the sacrificial layer with hydrofluoric acid;
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- decomposing the sacrificial layer by irradiating the sacrificial layer with a laser through the substrate structure, wherein the etching and the decomposing fully release the group III nitride heterostructure from the substrate structure, wherein the sacrificial layer is configured to result in absorption of the irradiated laser light at least an order of magnitude higher than any of the set of group III nitride layers in the substrate structure.
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