PHOTOLUMINESCENCE AND ELECTROREFLECTANCE OF GAP/AIP SUPERLATTICES GROWN BY GAS SOURCE MBE

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作者
ASAMI, K [1 ]
ASAHI, H [1 ]
WATANABE, T [1 ]
GONDA, S [1 ]
OKUMURA, H [1 ]
YOSHIDA, S [1 ]
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[1] ELECTROTECH LAB,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
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10.1016/0039-6028(92)91174-A
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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We report the growth of GaP/AlP short period superlattices (SL) by gas source molecular beam epitaxy and the results on the photoluminescence (PL) and electroreflectance (ER) measurements. The (GaP)n/(AlP)n (n = 3 and 5) SL structures are grown on GaP(001) substrates at 600-degrees-C. PL spectr at 4.2 K show the characteristic peaks caused by the SL structures at 2.26 eV for (GaP)5/(AlP)5 and 2.29 eV for (GaP)3/(AlP)3. ER spectra at 300 K show the band-gap energies at 2.17 eV for (GaP)5/(AlP)5 and 2.20 eV for (GaP)3/(AlP)3. Comparing the band-gap energies determined experimentally with those predicted theoretically for the case of type I and type II, it is found that the GaP/AlP heterostructure has a type II band line-up.
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