High Performance AlGaAs Quantum Well Lasers with Low Beam Divergence Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

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ZnO的激光分子束外延法制备及X射线研究

利用激光分子束外延(L-MBE)技术在α-Al2O3(0001)衬底上生长出了沿C轴高度择优取向的ZnO外延薄膜,并采用Philips四晶高分辨X射线衍射仪(Philip′s X′Pert HR-MRD)对ZnO薄膜的表面及结构特性进行了研究.应用小角度X射线分析方法(GIXA)对ZnO薄膜的表面以及ZnO/Al2O3界面状况进行了定量表征.X射线反射率(XRR)曲线出现了清晰的源于良好表面及界面特性的Kiessig干涉振荡峰,通过对其精确拟合求得ZnO薄膜的表面及界面粗糙度分别为0.34 nm和1.12 nm.ZnO薄膜与α-Al2O3(0001)衬底的XRD在面(in-plane) Φ扫描结果表明形成了单一的平行畴(Aligned in-plane Oriented Domains),其在面外延关系为ZnO［1010］ ||Al2O3［1120］.XRD ω-2θ 扫描以及ω 摇摆曲线半峰宽分别为0.12度和1.27度,这一结果表明通过形成平行畴及晶格驰豫过程,ZnO薄膜中的应力得到了有效的释放,但同时也引入了螺位错.     

分子束外延生长的极性与非极性BeZnO薄膜的比较研究

采用分子束外延设备在不同晶面蓝宝石衬底上(c面,a面,r面)生长BeZnO薄膜。使用复合缓冲层生长得到了高质量的BeZnO薄膜,X射线衍射半高宽达到600 arcsec。在c面与a面蓝宝石衬底上生长得到了极性BeZnO薄膜,在r面蓝宝石上生长得到了非极性BeZnO薄膜。共振拉曼光谱测试结果表明薄膜中的Be含量在同一水平。相对于c面与a面蓝宝石上的极性BeZnO薄膜,生长在r面蓝宝石衬底上的非极性BeZnO薄膜具有较大的表面粗糙度以及较大的半高宽,但是其光致发光谱中的紫外发光峰远远强于极性BeZnO薄膜,并且黄绿光发光峰弱于极性BeZnO薄膜。     

分子束外延方法生长p型氧化锌薄膜

用等离子辅助分子束外延 (P MBE)的方法 ,在蓝宝石c 平面上外延生长了p型氧化锌薄膜。在实验中采用高纯金属锌作为Zn源、NO作为O源和掺杂源 ,通过射频等离子体激活进行生长。在生长温度 30 0℃ ,NO气体流量为 1.0sccm ,射频功率为 30 0W的条件下 ,获得了重复性很好的p型ZnO ,且载流子浓度最大可达 1.2× 10 19cm-3 ,迁移率为 0 .0 5 35cm2 ·V-1·s-1,电阻率为 9.5Ω·cm。     

在a-平面蓝宝石衬底上分子束外延生长的ZnO和ZnMgO材料结构和光学性质(英文)

氧化锌材料是新一代宽禁带光电子半导体材料,我们通过等离子体分子束外延设备,在a plane的蓝宝石衬底生长了高质量的氧化锌外延材料。在生长过程中用反射高能电子束衍射仪(RHEED),在位地研究了生长时材料薄膜的表面形貌。通过调节ZnMgO材料镁的组份,生长了禁带宽度可调的宽禁带材料。用紫外-可见透射光谱研究了ZnO,Zn0.89Mg0.11O和Zn0.80Mg0.20O薄膜材料的透射和吸收光谱性质,观察到Zn0.89Mg0.11O,Zn0.80Mg0.20O材料的吸收边的蓝移现象等。以上说明了我们用分子束外延生长 收稿日期:2003 07 22·09·　　第1期StructuralandOpticalCharacterizationofZnOandZnMgOFilmsona-planesapphiresbyMolecularBeamEpitaxy2004年设备成功的生长了高质量的氧化锌和组份渐变的ZnMgO薄膜材料。     

气源分子束外延生长的InPBi薄膜材料中的深能级中心

利用深能级瞬态谱(DLTS)研究了气源分子束外延(GSMBE)生长的InP1-xBix材料中深能级中心的性质。在未有意掺杂的InP中测量到一个多数载流子深能级中心E1,E1的能级位置为Ec-0.38 e V,俘获截面为1.87×10~(-15)cm~2。在未有意掺杂的InP0.9751Bi0.0249中测量到一个少数载流子深能级中心H1,H1的能级位置为Ev+0.31 eV,俘获截面为2.87×10~(-17)cm~2。深中心E1应该起源于本征反位缺陷PIn,深中心H1可能来源于形成的Bi原子对或者更复杂的与Bi相关的团簇。明确这些缺陷的起源对于InPBi材料在器件应用方面具有重要的意义。     

利用P-MBE方法在(400)Si衬底上生长ZnO薄膜

利用等离子体辅助分子束外延(P-MBE)方法在(400)Si衬底上生长ZnO薄膜。为改善生长后样品的质量,把样品解理成三块后,在不同温度下氧气气氛中退火。通过X射线衍射(XRD)谱和光致发光(PL)谱进行表征,讨论了用P-MBE方法在Si基上生长的ZnO的室温光致发光发光峰的可能原因。     

分子束外延生长亚稳态ZnCdSe/MgSe低维量子阱结构及其光学性质

采用分子束外延技术在(001)取向的InP衬底上外延生长了亚稳态的ZnxCd1-xSe/MgSe低维量子阱结构,并通过光致发光和子带吸收方法,分析其能带结构。在单量子阱样品制备过程中,高能电子衍射强度振荡表明MgSe可以实现二维生长模式,衍射图样证明其为亚稳态闪锌矿结构。通过引入厚的ZnxCd1-xSe空间层,抑制了MgSe垒层的相变,并能进一步提高样品的结晶质量,得到高结晶质量的多量子阱结构。通过计算不同阱宽的能带与光致发光实验比较,证明了ZnxCd1-xSe/MgSe的导带带阶为1.2 eV,价带带阶为0.27 eV。为了进一步验证其能带结构,制备了电子掺杂的ZnxCd1-xSe/MgSe的多量子阱,观测到半高宽很窄的中红外吸收。利用发光谱确定的带阶计算了量子阱中子带的吸收波长,和实验结果非常吻合。设计了一种双量子阱结构,计算结果显示,通过利用量子阱中的耦合效应,可以实现1.55μm光通信波段的吸收。     

图形化Silicon-on-Insulator衬底上分子束外延生长可动GaN微光栅的研究

GaN材料作为第三代半导体材料,具有宽禁带、直接带隙、耐腐蚀等优点,是一种非常有前景的MOEMS材料。由于GaN的刻蚀目前尚未成熟,因此图形化外延生长法是一种较好的选择。本文基于SOI(silicon-on-insulator)基片,利用硅的微加工技术和图形化GaN分子束外延生长工艺,设计并加工了工作在太赫兹波段的、可以在二维方向上运动的SOI基GaN光栅。光栅周期为16μm,光栅宽度为6μm,峰值位置为25.901μm。通过仿真优化,设计的微驱动器在水平电压220V时,水平方向上的位移为±7.26μm;垂直方向加200V电压时,垂直位移2.5μm。为了研究在图形化SOI衬底上外延生长的InGaN/GaN量子阱薄膜的光学性能,用激光拉曼光谱仪对薄膜进行了光致发光光谱实验。实验结果表明,InGaN/GaN量子阱薄膜具有良好的发光性能,其发光范围为350~500nm,覆盖了紫外光到黄绿光。由于局域态效应与禁带收缩的作用,随着环境温度由10K升高至室温,薄膜的PL光谱的峰位呈现"S"形变化趋势。     

Development of Oxidation Sources in Preparation of High-Tc Oxide Superconductor Thin Films Using the Molecular Beam Epitaxy Method

Film preparation of oxide superconductors, mainly of the 1-2-3 (RBa₂Cu₃O_x) and Bi-containing (Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O) systems, by evaporation of either metals or metal compounds by low pressure is summarized, with a particular focus on the development of oxidation sources essential to the technique. Oxidizing reagents that enable the oxidation of metal evaporates to take place in high (0·1 to 10_?3 Pa) or even ultra-high (<10_?5 Pa) vacuum are summarized using the experiments of those who tried to apply the molecular beam epitaxy method to atomically controlled fabrication of thin films of the material, especially for device processing. The evaporation in various kinds of oxidizing atmosphere, including the simple method of in situ annealing of the metal layers in oxygen to the more advanced in situ preparation of the films with strong oxidizing reagents such as atomic oxygen, ozone, nitric oxide, etc. along with the thermochemistry of the oxidation of metals by low pressure with these reagents is reviewed.     

Molecular beam epitaxy growth of GaAs on an offcut Ge substrate

Molecular beam epitaxy growth of GaAs on an offcut Ge (100) substrate has been systemically investigated. A high quality GaAs/Ge interface and GaAs film on Ge have been achieved. High temperature annealing before GaAs deposition is found to be indispensable to avoid anti-phase domains. The quality of the GaAs film is found to strongly depend on the GaAs/Ge interface and the beginning of GaAs deposition. The reason why both high temperature annealing and GaAs growth temperature can affect epitaxial GaAs film quality is discussed. High quality In_0.17Ga_0.83As/GaAs strained quantum wells have also been achieved on a Ge substrate. Samples show flat surface morphology and narrow photoluminescence line width compared with the same structure sample grown on a GaAs substrate. These results indicate a large application potential for III--V compound semiconductor optoelectronic devices on Ge substrates.     

原子氢辅助分子束外延GaAs(331)A表面形貌演化

研究了GaAs高指数面(331)A在原子氢辅助下分子束外延形貌的演化.原子力显微镜测试表明：在常规分子束外延情况下,GaAs外延层台阶的厚度和台面的宽度随衬底温度的升高而增加,增加外延层厚度会导致台阶的密度和台面的宽度增加然后饱和.而在原子氢辅助分子束外延情况下,当GaAs淀积量相同时GaAs外延层台阶的密度增大宽度减小.认为这是由于原子氢的作用导致Ga原子迁移长度的减小.在GaAs(331)A台阶基底上生长出InAs自组织纳米线,用光荧光测试研究了其光学各项异性特征.     

用等离子体辅助分子束外延生长氧化锌单晶薄膜

利用等离子体辅助分子束外延(P-MBE)方法,通过优化生长条件,在c平面蓝宝石(Al_2O_3)上生长出氧化锌(ZnO)单晶薄膜。使用反射式高能衍射仪(RHEED)原位监测到样品表面十分平整,X射线摇摆曲线(XRC)测得ZnO薄膜的<002>取向半峰全宽为0.20°,证实为ZnO单晶薄膜。室温下吸收谱(ABS)和光致发光(PL)谱显示了较强的激子吸收和发射,且无深能级(DL)发光。电学性能测量表明,生长的ZnO为n型半导体,室温下载流于浓度为7×10~(16) cm~(-3),与体单晶ZnO中的载流子浓度相当。     

A3B5 nanowhiskers: MBE growth and properties

The structural properties of GaAs nanowhiskers (NWs) grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) are investigated. Under optimal growth conditions, the aspect ratio of MBE grown GaAs NWs is higher than 100. The maximum length of NWs is several times (up to 10) larger than the effective thickness of deposited GaAs. A kinetic model of the diffusion-induced NW rowth is used to predict the dependence of NW length on the technologically controlled MBE growth conditions. The obtained results demonstrate that the NW growth is controlled by the adatom diffusion towards their tip rather than by the conventional vapor-liquid-solid mechanism. The growth conditions influence on the NW morphology may be used for the controlled fabrication of NWs by MBE for different applications. Presented at the X-th Symposium on Suface Physics, Prague, Czech Republic, July 11–15, 2005.     

Surface mediated control of droplet density and morphology on GaAs and AlAs surfaces

We present a comparative study of gallium (Ga) and aluminium (Al) droplets fabricated on GaAs (100) and AlAs (100) surfaces. Higher density of Ga droplets is achieved on AlAs surface compared with GaAs surface. Similarly, the density of Al nanostructures is higher on AlAs surface than on GaAs surface, even though different morphologies are obtained on each surface. Further, while uniform Ga droplets are formed on both GaAs and AlAs surfaces, Al rings and dots, with big inhomogeneity, are observed on GaAs and AlAs surface, respectively. This investigation suggests that size and shape of nanostructures grown by the droplet epitaxy method can be designed by employing different surfaces. (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Ultimate method for unambiguous identification of all donors in epitaxial GaAs and related compounds

When epitaxial GaAs is grown by the method of molecular beam epitaxy (mbe) it would be p-type unless it is intentionally doped lightly during growth by using a particular substitutional donor atom. We have chosen the tin donor in this case to render the specimen n-type. Then the conventional far infrared photoconductivity technique is used to observe the 1s to 2p transition of the electron of the tin donor. The identity of the donor, the energy of the quantum transition as a function of applied magnetic field intensity, and the line shape characteristics of that particular donor then become unquestionable.Work supported by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Contract #AFOSR-78-3708-D.Supported by the National Science Foundation     

Growth of high-crystallinity uniform GaAs nanowire arrays by molecular beam epitaxy

The self-catalyzed growth of Ga As nanowires(NWs) on silicon(Si) is an effective way to achieve integration between group III–V elements and Si. High-crystallinity uniform Ga As NW arrays were grown by solid-source molecular beam epitaxy(MBE). In this paper, we describe systematic experiments which indicate that the substrate treatment is crucial to the highly crystalline and uniform growth of one-dimensional nanomaterials. The influence of natural oxidation time on the crystallinity and uniformity of Ga As NW arrays was investigated and is discussed in detail. The Ga As NW crystallinity and uniformity are maximized after 20 days of natural oxidation time. This work provides a new solution for producing high-crystallinity uniform III–V nanowire arrays on wafer-scale Si substrates. The highly crystalline uniform NW arrays are expected to be useful for NW-based optical interconnects and Si platform optoelectronic devices.     

Molecular beam epitaxy of III–V semiconductors

Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) has been instrumental in the advancement of the physics and technology of semiconductors that has occurred over the last few decades. The III-V material system has led the way in these new developments. This article discusses the technology of III-V MBE, highlights selected topics in its development, discusses growth mechanisms, and mentions possible future directions.     

太赫兹量子级联激光器材料生长及表征

采用气态源分子束外延方法生长了束缚态到连续态跃迁太赫兹量子级联激光器（terahertz quantum-cascade laser,简称THz QCL）有源区结构,并且采用电化学CV仪、霍尔测试仪以及高分辨X射线衍射对材料的质量进行表征,得出THz QCL有源区具有很高的晶体质量.另外,采用蒙特卡罗方法模拟了共振声子THz QCL器件的I-V曲线,分析了在不同偏压下子能级的对齐状况和电子的输运特征. 关键词： 太赫兹 量子级联激光器 分子束外延 X射线衍射     

InN量子点的液滴外延及物性表征

由于1. 55μm波段广泛应用于通信领域,为了探索不同生长温度对InN量子点的形貌影响,并且实现自组装InN量子点在1. 55μm通信波段的发光,对InN量子点的液滴外延及物性进行了相关研究。首先利用射频等离子体辅助分子束外延(PA-MBE)技术在GaN模板上,采用液滴外延方法在3种温度下生长了InN量子点结构。生长过程中靠反射高能电子衍射(RHEED)对样品进行原位监控。原子力显微镜(AFM)表征结果表明随着生长温度升高,量子点尺寸变大,密度减小。在生长温度350℃和400℃下,观测到了量子点;当温度高于450℃时,未观测到InN量子点。当生长温度为400℃时,量子点形貌最好,密度为6×10~8/cm~2,对400℃下生长的InN量子点进行了变温PL测试,成功得到InN量子点在1. 55μm波段附近的光致发光,并且随着测试温度的升高,量子点的发光峰位发生了先红移后蓝移最后又红移的S型曲线变化,这种量子点有望在未来应用于量子通信领域。