Synthesis and Properties of Mismatched Heterojunction/Substrate Interfaces

Abstract

Unstrained In(x),Ga(1-xA)s and InyAl(1)-yAs layers and heterostructures lattice matched to each other but mismatched with respect to their GaAs substrates were grown by molecular beam epitaxy using compositionally step graded buffer layers to relax the mismatch strain by more than 90% and their structure, composition, electrical and optical properties were investigated. For x = 0.3 the buffer layer is stabilized by dislocation loops. Two-dimensional electron gas in modulation doped heterostructures exhibit a 300 K mobility rising from 9X10(3) cm2/V-s for x = 0.3 to 1.1X10(4) cm2/V-s for x = 0.45 and an estimated conduction band offset, Delta E(c) - 0.67 times the bandgap difference between the quantum well and the barrier layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA254577

Entities

People

  • Harry H. Wieder

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charge Carriers
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Gas
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Electron Mobility
  • Fermi Levels
  • Materials Science
  • Quantum Wells
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Physics
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Transport Properties
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Semiconductor Device Technology

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  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing