Group III-V Crystal

Abstract

Favorable-quality III-V crystals are easily obtained at low cost without causing cracks, even when using a variety of substrates. The III-V crystals are obtained by manufacturing method characterized in including: a step of depositing a metal film ( 2 ) on a substrate ( 1 ); a step of heat-treating the metal film ( 2 ) in an atmosphere in which a patterning compound is present; and a step of growing a group III-V crystal ( 4 ) on the metal film after the heat treatment. Alternatively, the III-V crystal manufacturing method is characterized in including: a step of growing a group III-V compound buffer film on the metal film after the heat treatment; and a step of growing a group III-V crystal on the group III-V compound buffer film.

1 . A method of manufacturing a crystal of a group III-V compound, the method comprising:
 a physical vapor deposition step of depositing a metal film on a substrate by either evaporation or sputtering;   a heat-treatment step of heat-treating the metal film under an atmosphere in which a metal-film patterning compound is present so that the metal film becomes patterned with a plurality of grooves having an indefinite shape, the grooves having an average width of 2 nm to 5000 nm, the metal film having an aperture fraction of 5% to 80%, the aperture fraction being the percentage of the surface area that the grooves occupy with respect to the substrate total surface area; and   a growth step of growing a group III-V crystal on the post-heat-treated metal film.