Nitride semiconductor substrate and method for producing same

Abstract

The present invention is a nitride semiconductor substrate including a nitride semiconductor thin film formed on a substrate, in which the nitride semiconductor thin film includes a stress-relaxing layer formed on the substrate and a carbon-doped GaN layer formed on the stress-relaxing layer, and the GaN layer includes high carbon concentration layers and a low carbon concentration layer, the low carbon concentration layer being sandwiched between the high carbon concentration layers and having a lower carbon concentration by 75% or more than the high carbon concentration layers. This provides the nitride semiconductor substrate with improved crystallinity without increasing a thickness of a GaN epitaxial layer and without using other special materials, and a method for producing the substrate.

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