STABILITY OF ALAS IN ALXGA1-XAS-ALAS-GAAS QUANTUM-WELL HETEROSTRUCTURES

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作者
DALLESASSE, JM
GAVRILOVIC, P
HOLONYAK, N
KALISKI, RW
NAM, DW
VESELY, EJ
BURNHAM, RD
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[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,MAT RES LAB,URBANA,IL 61801
[2] AMOCO TECHNOL CO,AMOCO RES CTR,NAPERVILLE,IL 60566
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10.1063/1.102902
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Data are presented on the long-term (≳8 yr) degradation of Al xGa1-xAs-AlAs -GaAs quantum well heterostructure material because of the instability of underlying (internal) AlAs layers. Material containing thicker (>0.4 μm) AlAs "buried" layers (confining layers) is found to be much less stable than material containing thinner (≲200 Å) AlAs layers. Hydrolysis of the AlAs layers because of cleaved edges and pinholes in the cap layers leads to the deterioration.
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