WET CHEMICAL ETCHING BEHAVIOR OF GA(AL)AS AND IN(GA)P(AS) LAYERS

被引:10
作者
FRANZ, G
HOYLER, C
SACHER, D
机构
[1] Siemens Research Laboratories, Munich, 83, Otto-Ffahn-Ring 6
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS | 1991年 / 30卷 / 11A期
关键词
III/V-SEMICONDUCTORS; WET ETCHING; V-GROOVES;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.30.2693
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The chemical etching behavior of Ga(Al)As and In(Ga)P(As) containing sandwich layers grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy has been investigated using various etching solutions. The chemical background is described by a potential-pH diagram. Activation energies obtained were between 0.28 and 0.46 eV. The inclination angle of the etched walls is mainly 55-degrees. In both the systems, a transition from a reaction-rate limited process to a diffusion-rate-limited one is observed. In InP, a reactive intermediate with an inclination angle of 45-degrees could be trapped.
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页码:2693 / 2699
页数:7
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