LOCAL INTERFACE COMPOSITION AND BAND DISCONTINUITIES IN HETEROVALENT HETEROSTRUCTURES

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作者
NICOLINI, R
VANZETTI, L
MULA, G
BRATINA, G
SORBA, L
FRANCIOSI, A
PERESSI, M
BARONI, S
RESTA, R
BALDERESCHI, A
ANGELO, JE
GERBERICH, WW
机构
[1] CONSORZIO INTERUNIV FIS MAT,TECNOL AVANZATE SUPERFICI & CATALISI LAB,AREA RIC,PADRICIANO 99,I-34012 TRIESTE,ITALY
[2] CNR,IST ACUSTICA OM CORBINO,I-00189 ROME,ITALY
[3] UNIV CAGLIARI,DIPARTIMENTO SCI FIS,I-09100 CAGLIARI,ITALY
[4] UNIV MINNESOTA,DEPT CHEM ENGN & MAT SCI,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
[5] UNIV TRIESTE,DIPARTIMENTO FIS TEOR,I-34014 TRIESTE,ITALY
[6] SCUOLA INT SUPER STUDI AVANZATI,I-34014 TRIESTE,ITALY
[7] PHB ECUBLENS,INST ROMAND RECH NUMER & PHYS MAT,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.294
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The local Zn/Se relative concentration at the interface in ZnSe-GaAs(001) heterostructures synthesized by molecular beam epitaxy was found to be controlled by the Zn/Se flux ratio employed during the early growth stage of ZnSe on GaAs. Correspondingly, the valence band discontinuity varies from 1.20 eV (Zn-rich interface) to 0.58 eV (Se-rich interface). Comparison with the results of first-principles calculations suggests that the observed trend in band offsets is related to the establishment of neutral interfaces with different atomic configurations.
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