Epitaxial integration of superconducting nitrides with cubic GaN

Epitaxial combination of transition metal nitrides and group III-nitrides holds significant potential for novel device architectures, given their wide array of properties and similar lattice constants. However, the mixture of hexagonal and cubic crystals limits structural quality and has stymied dev...

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Main Authors: Zach Cresswell, Volodymyr Buturlim, Sabin Regmi, Kevin Vallejo, Nicole Fessler, Trent Garrett, Kaustubh Bawane, Anshul Kamboj, Paul J. Simmonds, Boopathy Kombaiah, Krzysztof Gofryk, Brelon May
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Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2025-03-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0250514
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author Zach Cresswell
Volodymyr Buturlim
Sabin Regmi
Kevin Vallejo
Nicole Fessler
Trent Garrett
Kaustubh Bawane
Anshul Kamboj
Paul J. Simmonds
Boopathy Kombaiah
Krzysztof Gofryk
Brelon May
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Volodymyr Buturlim
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Kevin Vallejo
Nicole Fessler
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Kaustubh Bawane
Anshul Kamboj
Paul J. Simmonds
Boopathy Kombaiah
Krzysztof Gofryk
Brelon May
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description Epitaxial combination of transition metal nitrides and group III-nitrides holds significant potential for novel device architectures, given their wide array of properties and similar lattice constants. However, the mixture of hexagonal and cubic crystals limits structural quality and has stymied development. This work will discuss the molecular beam epitaxy synthesis of metastable cubic GaN on 3C-SiC templates and its integration with cubic ZrN and NbN superconductors in single and multilayer heterostructures. The fully cubic nature of GaN and the epitaxial nature of all layers are confirmed via in situ and ex situ techniques. The electrical transport properties of transition metal nitrides on cubic GaN (001) are compared to those grown directly on 3C-SiC (001) and c-plane hexagonal GaN templates. The determination of a similar growth window for cubic wide-bandgap and superconducting metal nitrides creates a platform for new epitaxial device architectures and potential applications in metamaterials, quantum information science, and condensed matter physics.
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spelling doaj-art-2245aecf1bed43609acf1faf7e03231c2025-08-20T03:03:07ZengAIP Publishing LLCAPL Materials2166-532X2025-03-01133031106031106-710.1063/5.0250514Epitaxial integration of superconducting nitrides with cubic GaNZach Cresswell0Volodymyr Buturlim1Sabin Regmi2Kevin Vallejo3Nicole Fessler4Trent Garrett5Kaustubh Bawane6Anshul Kamboj7Paul J. Simmonds8Boopathy Kombaiah9Krzysztof Gofryk10Brelon May11Idaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAIdaho National Lab, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, USAEpitaxial combination of transition metal nitrides and group III-nitrides holds significant potential for novel device architectures, given their wide array of properties and similar lattice constants. However, the mixture of hexagonal and cubic crystals limits structural quality and has stymied development. This work will discuss the molecular beam epitaxy synthesis of metastable cubic GaN on 3C-SiC templates and its integration with cubic ZrN and NbN superconductors in single and multilayer heterostructures. The fully cubic nature of GaN and the epitaxial nature of all layers are confirmed via in situ and ex situ techniques. The electrical transport properties of transition metal nitrides on cubic GaN (001) are compared to those grown directly on 3C-SiC (001) and c-plane hexagonal GaN templates. The determination of a similar growth window for cubic wide-bandgap and superconducting metal nitrides creates a platform for new epitaxial device architectures and potential applications in metamaterials, quantum information science, and condensed matter physics.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0250514
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Boopathy Kombaiah
Krzysztof Gofryk
Brelon May
Epitaxial integration of superconducting nitrides with cubic GaN
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