LiGaO 2 Single Crystals for a Substrate of Hexagonal GaN Thin Films

Abstract
We succeeded in Czchoralski pulling of LiGaO2 single crystals and found for the first time unique domains that can be observed only by mechano-chemical polishing. The domains are separated by straight lines belonging to {110}. Since LiGaO2 single crystal is polar along the c-axis, the formation of a unique domain boundary is presumably attributable to the polarity inversion of the c-axis.