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Characterization of Silicon and Indium Redistribution in InxGa1−xAs/n+-GaAs(100) Heteroepitaxial Layers Fabricated Using Pulsed Laser Melting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Y. Chang ,
T.W. Sigmon ,
A.F. Marshall  and
K.H. Weiner
Y. Chang
Affiliation:
Solid State Laboratory and Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
T.W. Sigmon
Affiliation:
Solid State Laboratory and Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
A.F. Marshall
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
K.H. Weiner
Affiliation:
Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore,CA 94550
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Abstract

Heteroepitaxial InxGa1−xAs/GaAs structures have been formed by pulsed laser induced mixing of molecular beam deposited In films (˜200Å) on Si doped n+-GaAs (100) substrates. The Si dopant and deposited In are redistributed in a rapid melt-solidification process driven by a XeCl pulsed excimer laser. It is found, from high resolution cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, that the epitaxial layers are crystalline and lattice matched to the substrate except for the misfit dislocations lying along the InxGa1−xAs/GaAs interface. These interfacial dislocations are used to identify the laser melted and unmelted regions. The dip and pile-up regions in the Si SIMS profiles are attributed to a segregation effect. Numerical simulation based on the liquid-solid interface velocity dependent segregation coefficient is used to investigate this effect and has approximated the trends in the measured characteristic In and Si profiles.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 187: Symposium J – Thin Film Structures and Phase Stability , 1990 , 119
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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