The effects of annealing on the structural, optical, and vibrational properties of lattice-matched GaAsSbN/GaAs grown by molecular beam epitaxy
- North Carolina A&T State University
- Bede Scientific Inc, Englewood, Colorado
- Clemson University
- ORNL
The structural, optical, and vibrational properties of a GaAsSbN epilayer lattice matched to GaAs with a band gap of 1 eV have been investigated using a variety of characterization techniques. These layers have potential applications in GaAs based tandem solar cells that utilize the near infrared region of the solar spectrum. The epilayers were grown in an elemental solid source molecular beam epitaxy system with a rf plasma nitrogen source. The Sb and N compositions of the nearly lattice-matched layers are 6.8% and 2.6%, respectively, as determined by high resolution x-ray diffraction and secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) analysis. The high crystalline quality of the layers is attested by the presence of well resolved Pendellosung fringes on a triple axis (004) x-ray scan and dynamical truncation rods observed on the corresponding (004) reciprocal space map. The effects of in situ annealing in As ambient and ex situ annealing in N ambient on the low temperature photoluminescence (PL) characteristics are discussed. Ex situ (in situ) annealed samples display an 8 K PL peak energy of 1 eV with a full width at half maximum of 18 meV (26 meV). Raman spectral analysis, the temperature dependence of the PL peak energy, and SIMS profiles indicate that outdiffusions of N and As are suppressed in the in situ annealed samples and improvement in Ga-N bonding is observed, leading to higher PL intensities in these samples. In addition, indirect evidence of atomic scale ordering has been observed. The stability of these structures appears to be dependent on the annealing conditions.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 932086
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 102, Issue 2; ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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