Improved optical quality of GaNAsSb in the dilute Sb limit

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1926398· OSTI ID:20711710

Yuen, Homan B; Bank, Seth R; Wistey, Mark A; Harris, Jr, James S; Seong, Maeng-Je; Yoon, Seokhyun; Kudrawiec, Robert; Misiewicz, Jan ^[1]

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1. Solid State and Photonics Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4075 (United States)

GaNAs(Sb) layers were grown by solid-source molecular-beam epitaxy utilizing a radio frequency (rf) nitrogen plasma source. The samples contained less nitrogen and antimony (0.5%-0.8% N and {<=}2% Sb) than in previous studies and were examined for their optical and electronic properties and any interactions between the elements. Secondary-ion-mass spectrometry, high-resolution x-ray diffraction, electroreflectance (ER) spectroscopy, and photoluminescence (PL) measurements were used to study those properties. We found that the addition of small amounts of antimony enhanced nitrogen incorporation into GaAs, similar to other studies that used 5-15x the mole fraction of antimony. The nitrogen concentration increased with increasing antimony flux. PL measurements indicated an improvement in optical quality with increasing nitrogen and antimony concentrations--contrary to the belief that adding more nitrogen necessarily degrades material quality. We collected and simulated ER spectra to examine the general band properties of the layers. Isoelectronic codoping can explain the improved quality when antimony is added to GaNAs. The improvement in GaNAs with small amounts of antimony holds great promise for improving strain-compensated GaInNAs(Sb)/GaNAs devices.

• OSTI ID: 20711710
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 97; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ANTIMONY
CRYSTAL GROWTH
GALLIUM ANTIMONIDES
GALLIUM ARSENIDES
GALLIUM NITRIDES
LAYERS
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY
NITROGEN
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
PLASMA
RADIOWAVE RADIATION
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
X-RAY DIFFRACTION