Growth of InxGa1ÀxAsÕGaAs heterostructures using Bi as a surfactant
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The effects of a bismuth surfactant layer on the molecular beam epitaxy of GaAs and InxGa12xAs layers on GaAs ~001! were studied. The InxGa12xAs surface reconstruction changed from arsenic stabilized 234 to bismuth stabilized 133 for high enough bismuth fluxes and low enough substrate temperatures. Maintaining a bismuth stabilized surface during InxGa12xAs growth resulted in a larger number of reflection high-energy electron diffraction ~RHEED! oscillations. RHEED patterns were also streakier after InxGa12xAs growth with Bi. Roughness measurements using atomic force microscopy showed reduced root mean square roughness with Bi, e.g., from 3.8 to 2.8 nm, for 4 nm thick In0.3Ga0.7As layers. Simulations of x-ray diffraction results from 10 period In0.5Ga0.5As/GaAs superlattices showed that Bi reduced interface roughness from 1.1 to 0.5 nm and reduced interfacial broadening from 2.8 to 2.1 nm. The latter was attributed to reduced In segregation. InxGa12xAs/GaAs (x50.2– 0.4) multiple quantum wells grown with Bi exhibited photoluminescence peaks that were more intense than those grown without Bi. © 2000 American Vacuum Society. @S0734-211X~00!12803-3#
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