Local-field effects in reflectance anisotropy spectra of oxidized (001) GaAs and AlGaAs surfaces

被引:8
作者
Berkovits, VL [1 ]
Gordeeva, AB [1 ]
Kosobukin, VA [1 ]
机构
[1] Russian Acad Sci, AF Ioffe Physicotech Inst, St Petersburg 194021, Russia
基金
俄罗斯基础研究基金会;
关键词
semiconductors; surfaces and interfaces; crystal structure and symmetry; optical properties;
D O I
10.1016/S0038-1098(01)00310-6
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
Oxidized (001) surfaces of both GaAs crystals and Ga0.7Al0.3As alloys are found to exhibit characteristic reflectance anisotropy (RA) spectra in the range 1.5-5.5 eV. A microstructure model of GaAs/oxide interface is proposed to treat the observed spectra within a quasi-microscopic theory of reflectance anisotropy developed for multilayer dielectric arrangements. Quantitative agreement between measured and calculated RA spectra shows the principal spectral features to be related to local-field effects at the GaAs/oxide interface, which is typical of A(3)B(5) compounds. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:647 / 651
页数:5
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