Electronic Resource
Woodbury, NY
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Applied Physics Letters
63 (1993), S. 2809-2811
ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The evolution of defect structures and surface reconstruction of Ga0.47In0.53As epitaxial layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy on InP substrate have been investigated by TEM and RHEED over a wide growth temperature range (150 °C≤Tg≤450 °C) before and after annealing. In the growth temperature range 400 °C≤Tg≤450 °C, extensive segregation of In near the layer surface takes place. The maximum of In concentration was found to lie under the layer surface. The kinetic of surface pit formation after annealing was explained in terms of surface reconstruction and As clustering. Extensive As clustering was observed after annealing for the growth temperature range 175 °C≤Tg≤300 °C. Analysis of diffuse scattering and dark-field images made it possible to propose an atomic model of cluster structure. Precipitate formation close to the interface was observed only for the samples grown at 150 °C and annealed at 500 °C. Differences in electrical properties between LT-grown GaAs and Ga0.47In0.53As are explained in terms of the structural defects.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.110294
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