SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY OF DOPING AND COMPOSITIONAL III-V HOMOSTRUCTURES AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

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作者
GWO, S
CHAO, KJ
SMITH, AR
SHIH, CK
SADRA, K
STREETMAN, BG
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS, MICROELECTR RES CTR, AUSTIN, TX 78712 USA
[2] UNIV TEXAS, DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN, AUSTIN, TX 78712 USA
来源
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 1993年 / 11卷 / 04期
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10.1116/1.586960
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) was used to study the (110) cross-sectional surfaces of molecular-beam epitaxially grown III-V homo- and heterostructures, which include GaAs multiple p-n junctions, (InGa)As/GaAs strained-layer multiple quantum wells, and (AlGa)As/GaAs heterojunctions. Both doping and compositional effects can be resolved by the topographic contrasts of constant-current STM images. The samples were prepared by either cleaving in ultrahigh vacuum or cleaving ex situ followed by sulfide [(NH4)2S] passivation. Sulfide passivated samples have been found to be advantageous for the measurements of scanning tunneling spectroscopy.
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