X‐ray diffraction studies of interdiffusion in InAs—GaAs powder blends

Abstract
Interdiffusion in the pseudobinary system InxGa1−xAs is investigated by means of X‐ray diffractometry of annealed powder blends. The interpretation of the experimental results by means both of the concentric spheres and concentric cubes model yields for In0.43Ga0.57As an activation energy of (5.39 ± 0.11) eV. This value shows that the diffusion mechanism could be a vacancy one as in the pure compounds. According to the lower atomic radius the Ga atoms within the temperature interval of 550–625 °C diffuse more easily than the In atoms.