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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
The Partially ionized beam (PIB) deposition technique was used to deposit CoGe2 thin films heteroepitaxially on GaAs(100) substrates in a conventional vacuum. For the CoGe2(001)/GaAs(100) system, which leads to an Ohmic contact, a substrate temperature of 280°C and ∼1200 eV Ge+ ions are required. Reducing the ion energy or lowering the substrate temperature both produce a different orientation in the films. Films deposited at 280°C with a zero accelerating potential for the ions, and those deposited at 200°C with -1200 eV Ge+ ions result in a CoGe2(100)//GaAs(100) type orientation domination, leading to rectifying behavior.