Suppression of threading defects formation during Sb-assisted metamorphic buffer growth in InAs/InGaAs/InP structure

Gocalinska, A.; Manganaro, M.; Pelucchi, E.
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Applied Physics Letters, Volume 100, Issue 15, id. 152112 (5 pages) (2012).

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2012
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A virtual substrate for high quality InAs epitaxial layer has been attained via metalorganic vapor-phase epitaxy growth of Sb-assisted InxGa1-xAs metamorphic buffers, following a convex compositional continuous gradient of the In content from x = 53% to 100%. The use of trimethylantimony (or its decomposition products) as a surfactant has been found to crucially enable the control over the defect formation during the relaxation process. Moreover, an investigation of the wafer offcut-dependence of the defect formation and surface morphology has enabled the achievement of a reliably uniform growth on crystals with offcut towards the [111]B direction.
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