Highly uniform AlGaAs/GaAs and InGaAs(P)/InP structures grown in a multiwafer vertical rotating susceptor MOVPE reactor.

Highly uniform AlGaAs/GaAs and InGaAs(P)/InP epitaxial layers have been grown in a vertical rotating susceptor MOVPE reactor capable of accommodating three 2 wafers. The unique water-cooled showerhead-type injection distributor which is located 1.5 cm above the substrates ensures a uniform reactant distribution, resulting in uniform growth over a wide range of growth conditions. Periodic multilayer and single layer structures have been used to investigate the thickness and compositional uniformities. The thickness variations over a radial distance of 48 mm for three wafers grown in the same run are within ±2% for both AlGaAs and InGaAs layers, resulting in a standard deviation of only 0.9%. The gallium concentration of an InGaAs layer varies from 46.88% to 47.01% over the same radial distance with the standard deviation of 0.043%. Measurements of InGaAsP layers grown onto 2 InP wafers with different alloy compositions show good compositional uniformity yielding standard deviations within 4.4 nm in PL wavelength and 135 ppm in lattice mismatch over a 46 mm radial distance.