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Defects in Mbe-Grown GaAs/ScxEr1–xAs/GaAs Layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Jane G. Zhu ,
Chris J. Palmstrdøm  and
C. Barry Carter
Jane G. Zhu
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Chris J. Palmstrdøm
Affiliation:
Bellcore, 331 Newman Springs Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701
C. Barry Carter
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Abstract

The microstructure and the structure of defects in GaAs/ScxEr1–xAs/GaAs (x=0 and 0.3) heterostructures grown on (100) GaAs substrates by molecular beam epitaxy have been characterized using transmission electron microscopy. The top GaAs layer forms islands on ScxEr1–xAs at the initial growth stage, and the area covered by GaAs varies with the growth temperature. In addition to regions of epitactic (100) GaAs, regions of {122}- and (111)-oriented GaAs are observed on (100)-oriented ScxEr1–xAs. A high density of stacking-fault pyramids is found in epilayers of GaAs grown on a thin epilayer of ErAs, where the ErAs layers are only one or two monolayers thick. The apex of each stacking-fault pyramid is located at the ScxEr1–xAs/GaAs interface.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 198: Symposium V – Epitaxial Heterostructures , 1990 , 177
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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