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Development of Anisotropic GaAs (001) Surface Morphology During Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Allan J. Pidduck ,
G.W. Smith ,
A.M. Keir  and
C.R. Whitehouse
Allan J. Pidduck
Affiliation:
Defence Research Agency, St. Andrews Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 3PS, UK.
G.W. Smith
Affiliation:
Defence Research Agency, St. Andrews Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 3PS, UK.
A.M. Keir
Affiliation:
Defence Research Agency, St. Andrews Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 3PS, UK.
C.R. Whitehouse
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK.
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Abstract

We have studied the development of a microscopically ridged [110] Morphology during (001) GaAs Molecular beam epitaxy, as a function of layer thickness and growth temperature. The ridge slopes are consistent with the [110] separation required to incorporate a majority of adatoms by step-flow growth. Thus step-flow can be a dominant growth mode even on nominally on-axis (singular) substrates. With increasing epilayer thickness, the ridge slopes, and surface step density, remain approximately constant, while the ridge spacings, and therefore roughness amplitude, increase steadily.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 317: Symposium B – Mechanisms of Thin Film Evolution , 1993 , 53
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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