Laser Probing of the Kinetics and Dynamics of III-V Semiconductor Growth

Abstract

Work is carried out on the dynamics of Ga, In, and As scattering, sticking, and desorption from silicon single crystals using laser induced fluorescence and laser ionization probing of the Ga and In atoms and As atoms, dimers, and tetramers in the gas phase. Desorption kinetics are used to probe the InAs and GaAs heterostructures structures on silicon and the islanding behavior that occurs for the mixed systems. It is observed that islands form readily when In and Ga are grown on a prelayer of As on Si(100. State-resolved detection of As2 species is demonstrated by laser-induced fluorescence probing for the first time. Laser single photon ionization detection of III-V semiconductor species is also demonstrated with high sensitivity and species specific detection. These results are relevant to the epitaxial growth of GaAs and InAs on silicon....Semiconductor, GaAs, InAs, Surface, Laser.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1993
Accession Number
ADA268388

Entities

People

  • Stephen R. Leone

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Desorption
  • Detection
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Induced Fluorescence
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Mass Spectra
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Surface Temperature
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics