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Si diffusion and intermixing in AlGaAs/GaAs structures using buried impurity sources

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.113154· OSTI ID:45960
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  1. Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304 (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P. O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94551 (United States)
Si diffusion and impurity-induced layer intermixing from a buried impurity source have been studied by transmission electron microscopy and secondary ion mass spectroscopy of isolated, Si-doped GaAs layers in an undoped Al{sub 0.4}Ga{sub 0.6}As/GaAs superlattice and by photoluminescence measurements on Si-doped GaAs quantum wells with undoped Al{sub 0.4}Ga{sub 0.6}As barriers. In annealed samples, the Si profile suggests a Si diffusion process involving multiply ionized column III vacancies. The width of the resulting Si profile and the spatial extent and completeness of intermixing strongly depend on the initial Si concentration in the doped layer.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
45960
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 66; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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