Electric, dielectric and optical properties of Ga2O3 grown by metal organic chemical vapour deposition

Abstract

Thin film (15-130 nm) of gallium oxide were grown by the industry relevant metal organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) technique on p-type Si to check the possibility for integration of newly rediscovered wide bandgap material with the Si technology. Electric, dielectric and optical properties were studied and analyzed. To perform electrical characterization, Ga2O3 films were integrated into Al/Ga2O3/p-Si metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) capacitors. Relative dielectric permittivity, flat-band voltage shift and effective oxide charge density were obtained from C-V measurements. Spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements reveal that Ga2O3 deposited by MOCVD is a direct bandgap material with a large optical bandgap of about 5.1 eV. Both ellipsometrical and electrical results show formation of a thick interfacial SiO2.