Thermal stability of AlInAs/GaInAs/InP heterostructures
- 13 February 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 66 (7) , 863-865
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.113412
Abstract
The origin of the thermal instability of the AlInAs/GaInAs system is identified and a novel method to recover the thermal degradation is also demonstrated. The thermal diffusion of fluorine into the Si-doped AlInAs layer is found to be the main cause of the electrical deterioration of this system. This finding has led to a method to recover the thermal degradation by purging the fluorine off using the reannealing in the ultrahigh-vacuum condition. This method is now potentially becoming a good candidate as a tip for the AlInAs/GaInAs devices fabrication including laser diode and high electron mobility transistor.Keywords
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