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Title: Low threading dislocation density GaAs growth on on-axis GaP/Si (001)

Abstract

We report a systematic study of high quality GaAs growths on on-axis (001) GaP/Si substrates using molecular beam epitaxy. Various types of dislocation filter layers and growth temperatures of initial GaAs layer were investigated to reduce the threading dislocation densities in GaAs on GaP/Si. Electron channeling contrast imaging techniques revealed that an optimized GaAs buffer layer with thermal cycle annealing and InGaAs/GaAs dislocation filter layers has a threading dislocation density of 7.2 × 106 cm−2, which is a factor of 40 lower than an unoptimized GaAs buffer. The root-mean-square surface roughness was greatly decreased from 7.8 nm to 2.9 nm after the optimization process. A strong enhancement in photoluminescence intensity indicates that the optimized GaAs template grown on on-axis (001) GaP/Si substrates is a promising virtual substrate for Si-based optoelectronic devices.

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AR000067
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Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
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Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Volume: 122 Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
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American Institute of Physics
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United States
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English

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Jung, Daehwan, Callahan, Patrick G., Shin, Bongki, Mukherjee, Kunal, Gossard, Arthur C., and Bowers, John E. Low threading dislocation density GaAs growth on on-axis GaP/Si (001). United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5001360.
Jung, Daehwan, Callahan, Patrick G., Shin, Bongki, Mukherjee, Kunal, Gossard, Arthur C., & Bowers, John E. Low threading dislocation density GaAs growth on on-axis GaP/Si (001). United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001360
Jung, Daehwan, Callahan, Patrick G., Shin, Bongki, Mukherjee, Kunal, Gossard, Arthur C., and Bowers, John E. Tue . "Low threading dislocation density GaAs growth on on-axis GaP/Si (001)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001360.
@article{osti_1413022,
title = {Low threading dislocation density GaAs growth on on-axis GaP/Si (001)},
author = {Jung, Daehwan and Callahan, Patrick G. and Shin, Bongki and Mukherjee, Kunal and Gossard, Arthur C. and Bowers, John E.},
abstractNote = {We report a systematic study of high quality GaAs growths on on-axis (001) GaP/Si substrates using molecular beam epitaxy. Various types of dislocation filter layers and growth temperatures of initial GaAs layer were investigated to reduce the threading dislocation densities in GaAs on GaP/Si. Electron channeling contrast imaging techniques revealed that an optimized GaAs buffer layer with thermal cycle annealing and InGaAs/GaAs dislocation filter layers has a threading dislocation density of 7.2 × 106 cm−2, which is a factor of 40 lower than an unoptimized GaAs buffer. The root-mean-square surface roughness was greatly decreased from 7.8 nm to 2.9 nm after the optimization process. A strong enhancement in photoluminescence intensity indicates that the optimized GaAs template grown on on-axis (001) GaP/Si substrates is a promising virtual substrate for Si-based optoelectronic devices.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5001360},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 22,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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