ATOMIC-SCALE FLUCTUATION OF THE TERRACE WIDTH ON VICINAL (001) GAAS-SURFACES

被引:9
作者
OHKOUCHI, S
TANAKA, I
机构
[1] Optoelectronics Technology Research Laboratory (OTL), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 300-26
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1991年 / 30卷 / 10B期
关键词
SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE; VICINAL SURFACES; GAAS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; TERRACES; ATOMIC SCALE FLUCTUATION;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.30.L1826
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
GaAs (001) vicinal surfaces which were tilted 2 degrees toward the [010] direction were observed with a scanning tunneling microscope equipped with a molecular beam epitaxy facility. The surface of 30 monolayers of GaAs grown on a substrate consisted of both large flat and narrow terraces. On the other hand, the surface of a 1.5-mu-m-thick GaAs layer grown on a substrate consisted of relatively uniform-width terraces which reflected the off-angle. However, their terrace edges showed a large atomic-scale fluctuation.
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页码:L1826 / L1829
页数:4
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