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This work demonstrates a novel in situ etching technique for $\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ using solid-source metallic Ga in a LPCVD system, enabling clean, anisotropic, plasma damage-free etching. Etching behavior was systematically studied on…
In this work, we report on the anisotropic etching characteristics of \b{eta}-Ga2O3 using triethylgallium (TEGa) performed in-situ within an MOCVD chamber. At sufficiently high substrate temperature, TEGa can act as a strong etchant for…
The delivery of an elemental cation flux to the substrate surface in the oxide molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) chamber has been utilized not only for the epitaxial growth of oxide thin films in the presence of oxygen but also in the absence of…
We report the growth of $\alpha-Ga_2O_3$ on $m$-plane $Al_2O_3$ by conventional plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) and In-mediated metal-oxide-catalyzed epitaxy (MOCATAXY). We report a growth-rate-diagram for $\alpha-Ga_2O_3$…
Molecular beam epitaxy is one of the highest quality growth methods, capable of achieving theoretical material property limits and unprecedented device performance. However, such ultimate quality usually comes at the cost of painstaking…
Recent breakthroughs in bulk crystal growth of the thermodynamically stable beta phase of gallium oxide ($\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$) have led to the commercialization of large-area beta-Ga$_2$O$_3$ substrates with subsequent epitaxy on (010)…
$\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ trench Schottky barrier diodes fabricated through a Gallium atomic beam etching technique, with excellent field strength and power device figure of merit, are demonstrated. Trench formation was accomplished by a…
$\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ is a next-generation ultra wide bandgap semiconductor (E$_g$ = 4.8 eV to 4.9 eV) that can be homoepitaxially grown on commercial substrates, enabling next-generation power electronic devices among other important…
In this work we investigate the growth of $\beta$-Ga2O3 homoepitaxial layers on top of (100) oriented substrates via indium-assisted metal exchange catalyzed molecular beam epitaxy (MEXCAT-MBE) which have exhibited prohibitively low growth…
We introduce a deep-recessed gate architecture in $\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$ delta-doped field effect transistors for improvement in DC-RF dispersion and breakdown properties. The device design incorporates an unintentionally doped…
As an ultrawide bandgap semiconductor, beta-Ga2O3 has been attractive for its strong tolerance to irradiation damage and high n-type conductivity through ion implantation. Homoepitaxial (010) \b{eta}-Ga2O3 films grown by MOCVD were…
Homoepitaxial step-flow growth of high-quality $\beta$-Ga$_{2}$O$_{3}$ thin films is essential for the advancement of high-performance Ga$_{2}$O$_{3}$-based devices. In this work, the step-flow growth mechanism of $\beta$-Ga$_{2}$O$_{3}$…
Rutile GeO2 has been predicted to be an ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor suitable for future power electronics devices while quartz-like GeO2 shows piezoelectric properties. To explore these crystalline phases for application and…
$\beta$-$\mathrm{Ga}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}$ has gained intensive interests of research and application as an ultrawide bandgap semiconductor. Epitaxial growth technique of the $\beta$-$\mathrm{Ga}_{2}\mathrm{O}_{3}$ thin film possesses a…
This paper introduces a growth method---suboxide molecular-beam epitaxy (S-MBE)---which enables the growth of Ga2O3 and related materials at growth rates exceeding 1 micrometer per hours with excellent crystallinity in an…
Molecular beam epitaxy of Fe3Si on GaAs(001) is studied in situ by grazing incidence x-ray diffraction. Layer-by-layer growth of Fe3Si films is observed at a low growth rate and substrate temperatures near 200 degrees Celsius. A damping of…
Several pn junctions were constructed from mechanically exfoliated ultrawide bandgap (UWBG) beta-phase gallium oxide (\b{eta}-Ga2O3) and p-type gallium nitride (GaN). The mechanical exfoliation process, which is described in detail, is…
We present a comprehensive investigation of reconstructions on $\beta$-Ga$_2$O$_3$(001) combining first-principles calculations with experimental observations. Using ab initio atomistic thermodynamics and replica-exchange grand-canonical…
Beta gallium oxide (\beta-Ga2O3) is an emerging ultrawide band gap (4.5 - 4.9 eV) semiconductor with attractive properties for future power electronics, optoelectronics, and sensors for detecting gases and ultraviolet radiation. \beta-Ga2O3…
In this study, we investigate in situ etching of \b{eta}-Ga2O3 in a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system using tert-Butyl chloride (TBCl). We report the successful etching of both heteroepitaxial (-201)-oriented and…