Fabrication of Highly Crystalline Corundum-Structured α-(Ga_(1-x)Fe_x)_2O_3 Alloy Thin Films on Sapphire Substrates

摘要

Highly crystalline corundum-structured α-(Ga_(1-x)Fe_x)_2O_3 alloy thin films were fabricated on c-plane sapphire substrates by using a mist chemical vapor deposition method. The full-widths at half maximum of X-ray diffraction rocking curves were smaller than 100 arcsec for the entire range of x from 0 to 1. Optical band gaps were artificially tuned to a value between those of α-Ga_2O_3 and α-Fe_2O_3, that is, 2.2 and 5.3eV with changing the Fe content x in the films. Magnetic measurements revealed ferromagnetic properties of a α-(Ga_(1-x)Fe_x)_2O_3 (x = 0.24) thin film at 110 K.