TY - JOUR
AU - Weidlich, Phillip
AU - Schnedler, Michael
AU - Portz, Verena
AU - Eisele, H.
AU - Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal
AU - Ebert, Philipp
TI - Meandering of overgrown v-shaped defects in epitaxial GaN layers
JO - Applied physics letters
VL - 105
SN - 0003-6951
CY - Melville, NY
PB - American Inst. of Physics
M1 - FZJ-2015-00874
SP - 012105
PY - 2014
AB - The meandering of v-shaped defects in GaN(0001) epitaxial layers is investigated by cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy. The spatial position of v-shaped defects is mapped on (101¯0) cleavage planes using a dopant modulation, which traces the overgrown growth front. Strong lateral displacements of the apex of the v-shaped defects are observed. The lateral displacements are suggested to be induced by the meandering of threading dislocations present in the v-shaped defects. The meandering of the dislocation is attributed to interactions with inhomogeneous strain fields.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000339664900043
DO - DOI:10.1063/1.4887372
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/187200
ER -