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Method and surface morphology of non-polar gallium nitride containing substrates

  • US 8,575,728 B1
  • Filed: 07/13/2012
  • Issued: 11/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An optical device comprising:

  • a gallium- and nitrogen-containing substrate having an off-axis non-polar oriented crystalline surface plane, the off-axis non-polar oriented crystalline surface plane being defined from the non-polar (10-10) plane with a negative angle toward the c-plane (0001), a magnitude of the negative angle being greater than about 0.6 degrees;

    a gallium- and nitrogen-containing epitaxial layer overlying the off-axis non-polar oriented crystalline surface plane; and

    a surface region overlying the gallium- and nitrogen-containing epitaxial layer, the surface region being substantially free from hillocks.

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