PHOTOEMISSION-STUDY OF THE FORMATION OF THE CAF2/GAAS(100) INTERFACE

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COLBOW, KM
TIEDJE, T
ROGERS, D
EBERHARDT, W
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[1] FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH, W-5170 JULICH 1, GERMANY
[2] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA, DEPT ELECT ENGN, VANCOUVER V6T 2A6, BC, CANADA
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10.1103/PhysRevB.43.9672
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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The formation of the interface between CaF2 and GaAs(100) has been studied by high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy. CaF2 thin films were deposited in ultrahigh vacuum by evaporation on clean GaAs(100), and subsequently annealed in steps up to 590-degrees-C. By 550-degrees-C, a monolayer of Ca was found to react with As at the interface with an associated loss of approximately one Ga and one F by evaporation per formula unit of CaF2. The thickness of the interfacial layer terminates at one monolayer for the range of annealing conditions studied. The interfacial valence-band offset was found to be 8.5 eV and the Fermi level approaches the GaAs valence-band edge with increasing CaF2 overlayer thickness.
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