OBSERVATION OF THREADING DISLOCATION GENERATION PROCESS IN HIGHLY LATTICE-MISMATCHED HETEROEPITAXY

被引:18
作者
KAWAI, T [1 ]
YONEZU, H [1 ]
SAITO, D [1 ]
YOKOZEKI, M [1 ]
PAK, K [1 ]
机构
[1] TOYOHASHI UNIV TECHNOL,DEPT ELECT & ELECTR ENGN,TOYOHASHI 441,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 12B期
关键词
RHEED; TEM; THREADING DISLOCATION; MISFIT DISLOCATION; 3-DIMENSIONAL ISLAND;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.33.L1740
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
The generation process of threading dislocations in highly lattice-mismatched heteroepitaxy was investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In the growth of InAs epilayers on GaAs substrate, the misfit strain was partially accommodated by the formation of coherent three-dimensional islands before the generation of misfit dislocations. However, the misfit dislocation was eventually introduced in each grown three-dimensional island in order to relieve the misfit strain. It was clearly shown that the misfit dislocations propagate towards the growth directions; i.e., threading dislocations originated from the grown islands.
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页码:L1740 / L1743
页数:4
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