MISMATCH STRAIN-MEASUREMENTS OF MBE GROWN CDTE

被引:23
作者
MAGNEA, N
DALBO, F
FONTAINE, C
MILLION, A
GAILLARD, JP
DANG, LS
DAUBIGNE, YM
TATARENKO, S
机构
[1] CEN,LETI,LIR,F-38041 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
[2] UNIV GRENOBLE 1,SPECTROMETRIE PHYS LAB,F-38402 ST MARTIN HERES,FRANCE
关键词
MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY;
D O I
10.1016/0022-0248(87)90441-6
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
X-ray diffraction and free exciton absorption and reflectivity have been used to measure the lattice mismatch induced strain of CdTe layers grown by MBE on (111) and (001) Cd//0//. //9//6Zn//0//. //0//4Te substrate. Below a critical thickness (l//c equals 0. 5 mu m) the CdTe is under a compressive biaxial strain equal to the lattice mismatch DELTA a/a equals 2. 2 multiplied by 10** minus **3. For layers of larger thickness the strain is partially relaxed by dislocations generation. The stress which is measured both by x-ray and the free exciton splitting is shown to vary as 1/l.
引用
收藏
页码:501 / 504
页数:4
相关论文
共 6 条
[1]  
BIR GL, 1974, SYMMETRY STRAIN INDU, P469
[2]  
FONTAINE CT, IN PRESS
[3]  
HELLWEGE KH, 1983, LANDOLTBORNSTEIN A, V17
[4]  
MATTHEWS JW, 1976, J CRYST GROWTH, V32, P216
[5]   ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF GAASXP1-X/GAP STRAINED-LAYER SUPER-LATTICES WITH X-LESS-THAN-0.5 [J].
OSBOURN, GC .
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 1982, 21 (02) :469-472
[6]  
THOMAS DG, 1961, J APPL PHYS, V32, P298