PHOTOREFLECTANCE STUDY OF SURFACE FERMI-LEVEL IN MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXIAL GROWN INALAS HETEROSTRUCTURES

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HWANG, JS [1 ]
TYAN, SL [1 ]
CHOU, WY [1 ]
LEE, ML [1 ]
WEYBURNE, D [1 ]
HANG, Z [1 ]
LIN, HH [1 ]
LEE, TL [1 ]
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[1] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
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10.1063/1.111294
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We have studied the band gaps and the surface Fermi level positions of a series of In1-xAlxAs surface-intrinsic-n+ structures at room temperature by photoreflectance. Experiments demonstrated that over aluminum concentrations of 0.42-0.57, the surface Fermi level is not pinned at midgap, as commonly believed, but instead varies, respectively, from 0.50 +/- 0.01 to 0.81 +/- 0.01 eV below the conduction band edge.
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