Characterization of lateral semiconductor nanostructures by means of x-ray grazing-incidence diffraction

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Paschke, K [1 ]
Geue, T [1 ]
Barberka, TA [1 ]
Bolm, A [1 ]
Pietsch, U [1 ]
Rosch, M [1 ]
Batke, E [1 ]
Faller, F [1 ]
Kerkel, K [1 ]
Oshinowo, J [1 ]
Forchel, A [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WURZBURG,D-97074 WURZBURG,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.118473
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Free-standing wire arrays prepared by holographic exposure and wet chemical deep etching on a vertically arranged GaAs/GaInAs/GaAs[001] single quantum well structure were characterized by x-ray grazing incidence diffraction using synchrotron radiation. Using a grazing angle of alpha(i) approximate to 0.05 degrees the diffracted intensity stems primarily from the surface grating. It's periodicity (D approximate to 480 nm) was determined close to the (-220) and (220) Bragg reflection being parallel and perpendicular to the orientation of wires, respectively. The average wire width [(21.6 +/- 1.5) nm and (96.6 +/- 1.5) nm, respectively] and the coherence length of the grating (xi approximate to 2 mu m) were obtained via Fourier transformation of the (220) shape function. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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