Metal organic vapor phase epitaxy of BiSbTe3 films on (001) GaAs vicinal substrates

Jeong Hun Kim, Dae Yong Jeong, Jin Sang Kim, Byeong Kwon Ju

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    Abstract

    We have investigated the growth of BiSb Te3 films by metal organic vapor phase epitaxy on (001) GaAs vicinal substrates. A detailed experimental study of the surface morphologies of BiSb Te3 films grown on GaAs (001) vicinal surfaces was carried out and is discussed in this paper with a view to understanding the step-step interaction kinetics that result in step bunching. BiSb Te3 layers grown on nominal (001) GaAs substrates exhibit triangular facet structures consisting of atomically flat plateau areas separated by steps. In contrast, the growth of films on vicinal substrates was found to result in regular arrays of terrace step structures. The formation of step bunches and rectangular terraces on such film surface is attributed to the preferential incorporation of adatoms at step or kink sites and lateral growth rate anisotropy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number123501
    JournalJournal of Applied Physics
    Volume100
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This research was supported by a grant (Code No. 05K1501-02010) from the “ Center for Nanostructured Materials Technology ” under the “ 21st Century Frontier R&D Programs ” of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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