STABILITY OF PHASE-SEPARATED MICROSTRUCTURE IN LPE-GROWN ZNGAAS EPITAXIAL LAYERS

被引:9
作者
LEE, K [1 ]
MAHAJAN, S [1 ]
JOHNSON, WC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22903
来源
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-SOLID STATE MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY | 1994年 / 28卷 / 1-3期
关键词
LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; INGAAS; ZINC;
D O I
10.1016/0921-5107(94)90049-3
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Phase-separated In0.53Ga0.47As epitaxial layers were grown by liquid phase epitaxy on (001) InP substrates. To investigate the stability of the microstructure, two types of Zn addition experiments were carried out: Zn in-diffusion anneals, and growth of Zn-doped layers followed by annealing (pre-doping experiment). The in-diffusion anneal resulted in a homogeneous microstructure, indicating that the phase-separated microstructure is not the ground state in as-grown InGaAs layers. However, annealing of the pre-doped layer has little effect on the microstructure. Arguments have been developed to rationalize these observations.
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页码:209 / 213
页数:5
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