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Cluster Model Study of the Incorporation Process of Excess Arsenic into Interstitial Positions of the GaAs Lattice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Abstract
We study an As2 molecule approaching a planar, non-reconstructed, As terminated GaAs(001) surface by using a suitable cluster and quantum mechanical ab-initio calculation methods. During our calculations the As2 molecule is always oriented perpendicularly to the surface and its bonding length may vary. We find a metastable position below the growing surface which facilitates the incorporation of the leading As atom into an interstitial position of the crystal during growth. We give a first model for this incorporation process.
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