STRAIN RELAXATION IN SiGe VIRTUAL SUBSTRATE CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY DIFFRACTION

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (22) ◽  
pp. 4225-4231
Author(s):  
W. S. TAN ◽  
H. L. CAI ◽  
X. S. WU ◽  
K. M. DENG ◽  
H. H. CHENG

In this paper, with solid source molecular beam epitaxy technique, Si 1-x Ge x( SiGe ) virtual substrates were deposited on low-temperature-grown Si (LT- Si ) buffer layer, which was doped with Sb . The strain in SiGe virtual substrate was characterized by high resolution X-ray diffraction. Results indicated that Sb -doping in LT- Si can effectively modulate the degree of strain relaxation in SiGe virtual substrate. The segregated Sb on the surface of LT- Si layer acts as surfactant and results in abrupt strain relaxation.

1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. N. Faleev ◽  
V. V. Chaldyshev ◽  
A. E. Kunitsyn ◽  
V. V. Tret’yakov ◽  
V. V. Preobrazhenskii ◽  
...  

2000 ◽  
Vol 639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryuhei Kimura ◽  
Kiyoshi Takahashi ◽  
H. T. Grahn

ABSTRACTAn investigation of the growth mechanism for RF-plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy of cubic GaN films using a nitrided AlGaAs buffer layer was carried out by in-situ reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD). It was found that hexagonal GaN nuclei grow on (1, 1, 1) facets during nitridation of the AlGaAs buffer layer, but a highly pure, cubic-phase GaN epilayer was grown on the nitrided AlGaAs buffer layer.


1987 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Vandenberg ◽  
M. B. Panish ◽  
R. A. Hamm

ABSTRACTHigh-resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) studies have been cardied out to determine the structural perfection and periodicity for a number of high-quality InGaAsfInP superlattices grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy. X-ray scans were carried out with a compact four-crystal monochromator resulting in a resolution of one molecular layer (∼3,Å), which enables one to observe very small variations in the periodic structure. Sharp and strong higher-order satellite reflections in the XRD profiles were observed indicating smooth interfaces with well-defined modulated structures. Excellent computer simulated fits of the X-ray satellite pattern could be generated based on a kinematical XRD step model which assumes ideally sharp interfaces, and periodic structural parameters such as the strain in the well could be extracted. Our results3 demonstrate that HRXRD in conjunction with the kinematical step model is a very sensitive method to assess periodic structural modifications in superlattices as a result of the precise growth conditions in the gas source MBE system.


CrystEngComm ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (46) ◽  
pp. 10721-10727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fangliang Gao ◽  
Lei Wen ◽  
Yunfang Guan ◽  
Jingling Li ◽  
Xiaona Zhang ◽  
...  

The as-grown In0.53Ga0.47As epi-layer grown on Si substrate by using low-temperature In0.4Ga0.6As buffer layer with in-situ annealing is of a high degree of structural perfection.


1995 ◽  
Vol 399 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Shima ◽  
L. Salamanca-Riba ◽  
G. Springholz ◽  
G. Bauer

ABSTRACTMolecular beam epitaxy was used to grow EuTe(x)/PbTe(y) short period superlattices with x=1-4 EuTe(111) monolayers alternating with y≈3x PbTe monolayers. The superlattices were characterized by transmission electron microscopy and high resolution x-ray diffraction. Regions with double periodicity were observed coexisting with areas of nominal periodicity. The sample with x=3.5 and y=9, for example, contains regions with double periodicity of x=7 and y=17. X-ray diffraction measurements confirm the formation of the double periodicity in these samples by the appearance of weak satellites in between the satellites of the nominal periodicity. The double periodicity in the superlattice is believed to result from interdiffusion during the growth. A model for this process is presented.


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