Heterojunction Materials and Characteristics.

Abstract

Molecular beam epitaxy was used to provide samples for extremely abrupt GaAs/GaA1As heterojunctions for AES profiling of the interface and ESCA measurements of the A1As valence band structure. The latter samples consist of MBE A1As layers covered with 50A to 100A of GaAs as protection against oxidation. MBE growth of n-type A1GaAs was studied also. N-type A1GaAs was produced although all the n-type conducting A1GaAs layers grown by MBE had low activation of the dopant (2%-40%) and relatively low room temperature mobilities (650 cu cm sq /v-sec to 1200 cu cm sq /v-sec). It was found that A1 source design and background vacuum were important influences on the quality of n-type A1GaAs produced. Some initial measurements were made on the electrical properties of n-GaAs/n-A1GaAs and n-GaAs/n-A1GaAs/n-GaAs structures. I-Vf measurements on n-n structures at room temperatue showed no deviations from ohmic behavior, while C-V measurements on n-n-n structures were hampered by trapping effects in the A1GaAs. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA073792

Entities

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  • D. L. Miller
  • J. S. Harris

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Conduction Bands
  • Contracts
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Energy Gaps
  • Free Electrons
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Metal-Semiconductor Junctions
  • Mobility
  • Molecular Beams
  • Radiation Shielding
  • Valence Bands

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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