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Characterisation of Wet Chemical Etching of Algaas Layers Using Dynamic Optical Reflectivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

J. V. Armstrong ,
T. Farrell  and
G. Turner
J. V. Armstrong
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, England.
T. Farrell
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, England.
G. Turner
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, England.
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Abstract

Wet chemical etching of AlGaAs layers using a dilute mixture of ammonium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide is monitored in real-time using dynamic optical reflectivity (DOR). The AlGaAs layers were grown as a multilayer reflector stack by chemical beam epitaxy (CBE). The reflectivity of a normal incidence 3 mW, 670 nm semiconductor diode laser is monitored during the etching process and analysis of the DOR trace gives the etch rate for the different etchant concentrations used.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 282: Symposium E – Chemical Perspectives of Microelectronic Materials III , 1992 , 139
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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