ISSN:
1573-2746
Keywords:
Metallization
;
high-resolution electron microscopy
;
aluminium on GaAs
;
misfit dislocations
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We report a transmission electron microscope study of the morphology and interfacial structure of Aluminium grown on (001) GaAs by chemical beam epitaxy (CBE). The Al grows in islands for all thicknesses deposited, and exhibits four distinct orientation relationships with respect to the substrate. One of these orientation relationships becomes dominant as growth progresses, with (011)Al parallel to (001)GaAs. Misfit dislocations can be seen in the interface between this orientation and the substrate with Burgers vector 1/4(110)GaAs, and a crystallographic analysis shows that these dislocations are associated with interfacial steps of height 1/2[001]GaAs. In (001)Al on (001)GaAs, the existence of these dislocations has in the past been regarded as evidence for the existence of a rigid-body shift of the Al in the interfacial plane. Using cross-sectional high-resolution TEM, it is shown that this shift is not present in the (011) orientation. The similarity in the microstructure and crystallography of the (001) and (011) orientations leads us to suggest that there is also no shift in (001) Al on (001)GaAs. This is in conflict with previous investigations of this system using a wide variety of techniques.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00203599
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