Protection of an interrupted molecular-beam epitaxially grown surface by a thin epitaxial layer of InAs
- 15 August 1984
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 45 (4) , 449-451
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.95211
Abstract
When the molecular-beam epitaxial (MBE) growth of GaAs or (Al,Ga)As is interrupted and the surface is exposed to air for other kinds of processing, a high concentration (>2×1011 cm−2) of surface defects tends to form which will show up as highly detrimental interface defects if the MBE growth is subsequently resumed. We show that the surface can be protected by a thin epitaxial layer of InAs, which is highly resistant to many kinds of processing steps, and which can be thermally removed before resumption of growth, leading to an ‘‘invisible’’ restart interface.Keywords
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