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Strain in GaP/GaAs and GaAs/GaP resonant tunnelling heterostructures

Sass, T ; Pietzonka, I ; Borgström, Magnus LU ; Gustafson, Boel LU ; Wernersson, Lars-Erik LU and Seifert, Werner LU (2003) In Journal of Crystal Growth 248. p.375-379
Abstract
We studied the morphology of GaP/(001)GaAs and GaAs/(001)GaP heterostructures grown by metal-organic vapour-phase epitaxy and found wire-like surface undulations elongated in the [110] direction. We attribute this elongation to anisotropic lateral growth rates in the [110] and [110] directions, which are due to a different roughness of monolayer surface steps. In III-V materials grown by molecular beam epitaxy. such surface corrugations are usually elongated in [110]. We explain this difference by the two growth methods having inverted ratios of lateral growth rates in [110] and [110]. Resonant tunnelling diodes fabricated from the GaP/GaAs heterostructures showed very symmetric I-V characteristics. Their peak-to-valley ratio was limited... (More)
We studied the morphology of GaP/(001)GaAs and GaAs/(001)GaP heterostructures grown by metal-organic vapour-phase epitaxy and found wire-like surface undulations elongated in the [110] direction. We attribute this elongation to anisotropic lateral growth rates in the [110] and [110] directions, which are due to a different roughness of monolayer surface steps. In III-V materials grown by molecular beam epitaxy. such surface corrugations are usually elongated in [110]. We explain this difference by the two growth methods having inverted ratios of lateral growth rates in [110] and [110]. Resonant tunnelling diodes fabricated from the GaP/GaAs heterostructures showed very symmetric I-V characteristics. Their peak-to-valley ratio was limited to 2. most probably due to the corrugation of the GaP barriers. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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resonant tunnelling diodes, GaP, GaAs, metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy, morphology, strain
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Journal of Crystal Growth
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248
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375 - 379
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Elsevier
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0022-0248
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10.1016/S0022-0248(02)02045-6
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  abstract     = {{We studied the morphology of GaP/(001)GaAs and GaAs/(001)GaP heterostructures grown by metal-organic vapour-phase epitaxy and found wire-like surface undulations elongated in the [110] direction. We attribute this elongation to anisotropic lateral growth rates in the [110] and [110] directions, which are due to a different roughness of monolayer surface steps. In III-V materials grown by molecular beam epitaxy. such surface corrugations are usually elongated in [110]. We explain this difference by the two growth methods having inverted ratios of lateral growth rates in [110] and [110]. Resonant tunnelling diodes fabricated from the GaP/GaAs heterostructures showed very symmetric I-V characteristics. Their peak-to-valley ratio was limited to 2. most probably due to the corrugation of the GaP barriers. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Sass, T and Pietzonka, I and Borgström, Magnus and Gustafson, Boel and Wernersson, Lars-Erik and Seifert, Werner}},
  issn         = {{0022-0248}},
  keywords     = {{resonant tunnelling diodes; GaP; GaAs; metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy; morphology; strain}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{375--379}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Crystal Growth}},
  title        = {{Strain in GaP/GaAs and GaAs/GaP resonant tunnelling heterostructures}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0248(02)02045-6}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0022-0248(02)02045-6}},
  volume       = {{248}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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