BAND LINEUPS AT THE GASB-ALXGA1-XSB HETERO-JUNCTION - EXPERIMENTAL-EVIDENCE FOR A NEW COMMON ANION RULE

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作者
MENENDEZ, J [1 ]
PINCZUK, A [1 ]
WERDER, DJ [1 ]
VALLADARES, JP [1 ]
CHIU, TH [1 ]
TSANG, WT [1 ]
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
关键词
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - Heterojunctions;
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10.1016/0038-1098(87)90720-4
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The valence band offset in GaSb-Al//xGa//1// minus //xSb quantum wells has been determined by a light scattering method and found to be nearly the same as in their GaAs-Al//xGa//1// minus //xAs counterparts. This result suggests the validity of a restricted form of the common anion rule, which can be stated as follows: the valence band offset in a common anion heterostructure tends to be independent of the particular anion chosen. This new rule is consistent with Tersoff's band lineup theory and also with a recent tight binding theory by Harrison and Tersoff.
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