Crystals (Dec 2021)

Toward Precise n-Type Doping Control in MOVPE-Grown β-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Thin Films by Deep-Learning Approach

  • Ta-Shun Chou,
  • Saud Bin Anooz,
  • Raimund Grüneberg,
  • Klaus Irmscher,
  • Natasha Dropka,
  • Jana Rehm,
  • Thi Thuy Vi Tran,
  • Wolfram Miller,
  • Palvan Seyidov,
  • Martin Albrecht,
  • Andreas Popp

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12010008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
p. 8

Abstract

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In this work, we train a hybrid deep-learning model (fDNN, Forest Deep Neural Network) to predict the doping level measured from the Hall Effect measurement at room temperature and to investigate the doping behavior of Si dopant in both (100) and (010) β-Ga2O3 thin film grown by the metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). The model reveals that a hidden parameter, the Si supplied per nm (mol/nm), has a dominant influence on the doping process compared with other process parameters. An empirical relation is concluded from this model to estimate the doping level of the grown film with the Si supplied per nm (mol/nm) as the primary variable for both (100) and (010) β-Ga2O3 thin film. The outcome of the work indicates the similarity between the doping behavior of (100) and (010) β-Ga2O3 thin film via MOVPE and the generality of the results to different deposition systems.

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