Atomic-scale surface structure and ultrasmooth morphology of molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown AlAs (001)-(3x2)

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Gwo, S [1 ]
Ohno, H [1 ]
Tokumoto, H [1 ]
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[1] ATP, JRCAT, TSUKUBA, IBARAKI 305, JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevB.55.R1962
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We have studied the surface atomic structure and electronic properties of the molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown AlAs(001)-(3x2) film by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. A structural model is proposed for AlAs(001)-(3x2), in which the x2 ordering arises from the formation of unusual double pi-bonded As dimers along the [110] direction and the x3 ordering results from the missing As-dimer rows in the [<(1)over bar 10>] direction on the topmost As-terminated layer. Scanning tunneling spectroscopic study directly reveals the energies and spatial locations of the surface states.
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