Indium phosphide substrate, method of inspecting indium phosphide substrate, and method of producing indium phosphide substrate

Abstract

An indium phosphide substrate, a method of inspecting thereof and a method of producing thereof are provided, by which an epitaxial film grown on the substrate is rendered excellently uniform, thereby allowing improvement in PL characteristics and electrical characteristics of an epitaxial wafer formed using this epitaxial film. The indium phosphide substrate has a first main surface and a second main surface, a surface roughness Ra1 at a center position on the first main surface, and surface roughnesses Ra2, Ra3, Ra4, and Ra5 at four positions arranged equidistantly along an outer edge of the first main surface and located at a distance of 5 mm inwardly from the outer edge. An average value mof the surface roughnesses Ra1, Ra2, Ra3, Ra4, and Ra5 is 0.5 nm or less, and a standard deviation σ1 of the surface roughnesses Ra1, Ra2, Ra3, Ra4, and Ra5 is 0.2 nm or less.