High resistivity LT-In0.47Ga0.53P grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy |
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Authors: | Y He J Ramdani N A El-Masry D C Look S M Bedair |
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Affiliation: | (1) Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, 27695 Raleigh, NC;(2) Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, 27695 Raleigh, NC;(3) University Research Center, Wright State University, 45435 Dayton, OH |
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Abstract: | Low-temperature (LT) growth of In0.47Ga0.53P was carried out in the temperature range from 200 to 260°C by gas source molecular beam epitaxy using solid Ga and In and
precracked PH3. The Hall measurements of the as-grown film showed a resistivity of ∼106 Ω-cm at room temperature whereas the annealed film (at 600°C for 1 h) had at least three orders of magnitude higher resistivity.
The Hall measurements, also, indicated activation energies of ∼0.5 and 0.8 eV for the asgrown and annealed samples, respectively.
Double-crystal x-ray diffraction showed that the LT-InGaP films had ∼47% In composition. The angular separation, Δθ, between
the GaAs substrate and the as-grown LT-InGaP film on (004) reflection was increased by 20 arc-s after annealing. In order
to better understand the annealing effect, a LT-InGaP film was grown on an InGaP film grown at 480°C. While annealing did
not have any effect on the HT-InGaP peak position, the LT-InGaP peak was shifted toward the HT-InGaP peak, indicating a decrease
in the LT-InGaP lattice parameter. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy indicates the presence of phase separation
in LT-InGaP films, manifested in the form of a “precipitate-like” microstructure. The analytical scanning transmission electron
microscopy analysis of the LT-InGaP film revealed a group-V nonstoichiometric deviation of ∼0.5 at.% P. To our knowledge,
this is the first report about the growth and characterization of LT-InGaP films. |
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Keywords: | Double-crystal x-ray diffraction (DCXRD) gas source molecular beam epitaxy (GSMBE) high resistivity LT-InGaP |
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