Investigation of surface potential in the V-defect region of MBE Cd{sub x}Hg{sub 1−x}Te film
- Tomsk State University (Russian Federation)
Atomic-force microscopy is used to investigate the distribution of the contact-potential difference (surface potential) in Cd{sub x}Hg{sub 1−x}Te epitaxial films grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. Modification of the solid-solution composition near the V-defect results in a variation in the contact-potential difference. It is shown that the solid-solution composition varies by ∼0.05 (2.5 at %) towards increasing mercury content in the V-defect region, and a region of mercury depletion by 0.36 at % is observed at the V-defect periphery. From analysis of the surface-potential distribution, it is shown that the Cd{sub x}Hg{sub 1−x}Te epitaxial film contains unform V-defects with a diameter less than 1 μm in addition to macroscopic V-defects.
- OSTI ID:
- 22470053
- Journal Information:
- Semiconductors, Vol. 49, Issue 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7826
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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