Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2004
Silicon Carbide (SiC) is a wide band gapsemiconductor, having opto-electronic properties that are suitable formany applications. Some structural defects due to crystal growthand/or doping technologies are commonly present in the substratesof SiC. The $(11\bar{2}0)$-oriented 4H-SiC bulk wafers areparticularly investigated, due to some advantages with respect tothe (0001)-Si face. One of these advantages is a better crystalreordering during post-implantation annealing. In this papercathodoluminescence (CL) and X-Ray topography measurements havebeen carried out in order to investigate the optical andstructural properties of commercial $(11\bar{2}0)$
4H n+-typesubstrates.