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In-situ spectroscopic ellipsometry for real time composition control of Hg{sub 1{minus}x}Cd{sub x}Te grown by molecular beam epitaxy

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OSTI ID:323903
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  1. Raytheon TI Systems, Sensors and Infrared Lab., Dallas, TX (United States)
  2. Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, TX (United States). Components and Materials Research Center

Spectral ellipsometry (SE) was applied to in situ composition control of Hg{sub 1{minus}x}Cd{sub x}Te grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and the impact of surface topography of the Hg{sub 1{minus}x}Cd{sub x}Te layers on the accuracy of SE was investigated. Of particular importance is the presence of surface defects, such as voids in MBE-Hg{sub 1{minus}x}Cd{sub x}Te layers. While dislocations do not have any significant impact on the dielectric functions, the experimental data in this work show that MBE-Hg{sub 1{minus}x}Cd{sub x}Te samples having the same composition, but different void densities, have different effective dielectric functions.

OSTI ID:
323903
Report Number(s):
CONF-971201--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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