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Plasma-Assisted Epitaxial Growth of Compound Semiconductors for Infrared Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

K. Matsushita ,
T. Hariu ,
S. F. Fang ,
K. Shida  and
Q. Z. Gao
K. Matsushita
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
T. Hariu
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
S. F. Fang
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
K. Shida
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
Q. Z. Gao
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
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Abstract

GaSb, InSb and InAs epitaxial layers with mirror surface were grown on GaSb, GaAs, InP, Si and sapphire substrates at relatively low temperatures by plasma-assisted epitaxy (PAE) in hydrogen plasma. Carrier concentrations and Hall mobilities of undoped PAE layers at room temperature are p=6×O16 cm−3; μp=750cm2/Vs, n=1×1016cm−3; μn=39,000cm2/Vs and n=7×1017 cm−3; μn=21,000cm2/Vs for GaSb on GaAs, InSb on GaAs and InAs on InP, respectively. As the first application of PAE layers to optoelectronic devices, p-GaSb/n-GaAs heterojunction photodiodes have been demonstrated to result in remarkable reduction of dark current with photoresponse in the wavelength region between 0.85 and 1.7μm for the light incident from GaAs.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 90: Symposium R – Materials for Infrared Detectors and Sources , 1986 , 479
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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