Residual arsenic site in oxidized AlxGa1−xAs (x=0.96)

Autor: G. Kramer, Bruce A. Bunker, G. L. Snider, Douglas C. Hall, C. B. DeMelo, Tomohiro Shibata, Seong-Kyun Cheong, N. El-Zein, Y. Luo
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Applied Physics Letters. 78:2458-2460
ISSN: 1077-3118
0003-6951
Popis: X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy is used to determine the site of residual As in wet-oxidized Al0.96Ga0.04As. In a ∼0.5-μm-oxide film removed from its GaAs substrate, the remaining As atoms are found to be coordinated with oxygen in the form of amorphous-As oxides, with a mixture of ∼80% As3+ and ∼20% As5+ sites that are locally similar to As2O3 and As2O5. No evidence of interstitial or substitutional As, As precipitates, or GaAs is seen, implying that less than 10% of the As atoms are in these forms.
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