A Study on Control of Compound Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces.

Accession number;99A0938105
Title;A Study on Control of Compound Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces.
Author; SHOJI DAISEI (Tohoku Univ.)
Journal Title;Record of Electrical and Communication Engineering Conversazione, Tohoku University
Journal Code:F0511A
ISSN:0385-7719
VOL.68;NO.1;PAGE.154-157(1999)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.7, REF.6
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;The properties of chemically-treated GaAs surfaces and interfaces formed by deposition of metals (Ag,Au,In) and insulator (CaF2) onto the GaAs surfaces have been investigated using synchrotron-radiation photoemission spectroscopy, multiple internal reflection infrared absorption spectroscopy(MIR-IRAS), and x-ray diffraction. It is shown that GaAs surfaces treated with (NH4)2Sx solution are dominantly covered by Ga and As sulfides without native oxides. MIR-IRAS measurements of H2S adsorption onto GaAs show that formation of Ga-S-Ga bridge-bond is more favorable than As-S bond, which would be the origin of chemical passivity of the sulfur (S)-terminated GaAs surface. When Ag, Au are deposited onto the S-terminated surface, As segregation and alloy formation are suppressed. It is demonstrated that CaF2 epitaxially grows on the S-terminated GaAs surface at a substrate temperature of as low as 300.DEG.C., and that there is a lowering of the interface state density brought by epitaxial growth of CaF2 on the GaAs surface. (author abst.)