ELECTRONIC BAND-STRUCTURE OF ALGAINP GROWN BY SOLID-SOURCE MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

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MOWBRAY, DJ [2 ]
KOWALSKI, OP
HOPKINSON, M
SKOLNICK, MS
DAVID, JPR
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[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD,DEPT ELECTR & ELECT ENGN,SERC,SHEFFIELD S1 3JD,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV SHEFFIELD,DEPT PHYS,SHEFFIELD S3 7RH,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
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10.1063/1.112676
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The compositional dependence of the electronic band structure of (AlxGa1-x)0.52In0.48P lattice matched to GaAs is reported. Epitaxial layers, grown by solid-source molecular-beam epitaxy, with excellent structural and optical quality are obtained over the whole compositional range. Optical spectroscopic techniques are used to study the electronic band structure as a function of composition. The low-temperature, direct excitonic band gap is found to be given by E(g)(x)=1.979+0.704x eV and the lowest band gap becomes indirect for x(c)=0.50+/-0.02. The low-temperature excitonic direct band gap of Al0.52In0.48P is measured to be 2.680 eV
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