SELF-INDUCED LATERALLY MODULATED GAINP/INASP STRUCTURE GROWN BY METAL-ORGANIC VAPOR-PHASE EPITAXY

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PONCHET, A [1 ]
ROCHER, A [1 ]
OUGAZZADEN, A [1 ]
MIRCEA, A [1 ]
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[1] FRANCE TELECOM,CNET,PAB,F-92225 BAGNEUX,FRANCE
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10.1063/1.356573
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Zero-net strained multilayer alternating tensile GaInP and compressive InAsP have been grown on (001)InP by metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy. A structural analysis using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). is reported. A remarkably regular laterally modulated structure has been observed. GaInP- and InAsP-rich vertical zones alternate with a periodicity of 0.28 mum along the lateral [110] direction, thus balancing the mismatch along the [110] rather than the [001] growth direction. TEM experiments suggest that each vertical zone is partially elastically relaxed.
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