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Tem Investigations of CdTe/GaAs(001) Interfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

J.E. Angelo ,
W.W. Gerberich ,
G. Bratina ,
L. Sorba ,
A. Franciosi  and
M.J. Mills
J.E. Angelo
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551-0969
W.W. Gerberich
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Minneapolis, MN 55455
G. Bratina
Affiliation:
Laboratorio Tecnologie Avanzate Superfici e Catalisi, Consorzio Interuniversitario di Fisica della Materia, Area di Ricerca, 1-34012 Trieste, Italy
L. Sorba
Affiliation:
Laboratorio Tecnologie Avanzate Superfici e Catalisi, Consorzio Interuniversitario di Fisica della Materia, Area di Ricerca, 1-34012 Trieste, Italy
A. Franciosi
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Laboratorio Tecnologie Avanzate Superfici e Catalisi, Consorzio Interuniversitario di Fisica della Materia, Area di Ricerca, 1-34012 Trieste, Italy
M.J. Mills
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551-0969
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Abstract

In this study, cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) was used to investigate the defect structure at the interface between CdTe(001) and GaAs(001) as well as CdTe(1 11) and GaAs(001). The heterostructures were fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs(001) buffer layers grown in-situ by molecular beam epitaxy. The defect structure at the as-deposited CdTe(001)/GaAs(001) interface consists of both dislocations and planar faults. The planar faults are both microtwins and stacking faults. It is found that annealing of the film ex-situ causes a restructuring of the CdTe near the interface, with the microtwins being completely removed upon annealing to 450°C for 100 hours. The CdTe(111)/GaAs(001) thin film structure consists of a large number of microtwins parallel to the growth direction. This twinned structure is shown to be related to the relaxation of a residual misfit strain normal to the twin direction. Possible mechanisms for the relaxation are discussed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 319: Symposia CB – Defect-Interface Interactions , 1993 , 129
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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