A Structural Characterization of GaAs MBE Grown on Si Pillars

• Authors: C. Frigeri , S. Bietti , A. Scaccabarozzi , R. Bergamaschini , C. Falub , V. Grillo , M. Bollani , E. Bonera , P. Niedermann , H. von Känel , S. Sanguinetti , L. Miglio
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Growth on deeply patterned substrates, i.e. on pillars instead of a continuous substrate, is expected to be very promising to get crack free epilayers on wafers without any bowing. We report here on a structural investigation of GaAs MBE deposited on patterned (001) offcut Si, consisting of pillars 8 μm high and 5 to 9 μm wide, to check mostly the behaviour of the threading dislocations. It is found that only very rarely they propagate up to the GaAs top that will serve as active region in devices. Twins were also detected which sometimes reached the topmost part of GaAs. However, as twins have no associated dangling bonds, they should not be electrically active. Rare antiphase boundaries exist at the interface, hence not harmful for device operation.

Keywords

EN

81.05.Ea; 81.16.Rf; 61.72.Ff; 61.72.Lk; 61.72.Nn; 68.37.Lp

Discipline

• 68.37.Lp: Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
• 81.16.Rf: Micro- and nanoscale pattern formation
• 61.72.Lk: Linear defects: dislocations, disclinations
• 61.72.Ff: Direct observation of dislocations and other defects (etch pits, decoration, electron microscopy, x-ray topography, etc.)
• 61.72.Nn: Stacking faults and other planar or extended defects
• 81.05.Ea: III-V semiconductors

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 125
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 986-990

Dates

published

2014-04

Contributors

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C. Frigeri

• CNR-IMEM Institute, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, I-43100 Parma, Italy

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S. Bietti

• L-Ness and Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Via Cozzi 53, I-20125, Milano, Italy

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A. Scaccabarozzi

• L-Ness and Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Via Cozzi 53, I-20125, Milano, Italy

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R. Bergamaschini

• L-Ness and Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Via Cozzi 53, I-20125, Milano, Italy

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C. Falub

• Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH Zürich, Schafmattstr. 16, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

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V. Grillo

• CNR-IMEM Institute, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, I-43100 Parma, Italy

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M. Bollani

• CNR-IFN, L -NESS, via Anzani 42, I-22100, Como, Italy

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E. Bonera

• L-Ness and Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Via Cozzi 53, I-20125, Milano, Italy

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P. Niedermann

• Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique, Jaquet-Droz 1, CH-2002 Neuchatel, Switzerland

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H. von Känel

• Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH Zürich, Schafmattstr. 16, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

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S. Sanguinetti

• L-Ness and Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Via Cozzi 53, I-20125, Milano, Italy

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L. Miglio

• L-Ness and Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Via Cozzi 53, I-20125, Milano, Italy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.125.986