TY - JOUR
T1 - Kinetic model for molecular beam epitaxy growth of InAsSbBi alloys
AU - Schaefer, Stephen T.
AU - Milosavljevic, Marko S.
AU - Kosireddy, Rajeev R.
AU - Johnson, Shane R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge financial support through research sponsored by Air Force Research Laboratory42 under Agreement No. FA9453-19-2-0004. The authors also acknowledge the use of facilities in the Eyring Materials Center at Arizona State University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Author(s).
PY - 2021/1/21
Y1 - 2021/1/21
N2 - The growth of Bi-containing III-V alloys requires careful control over temperature and group-V fluxes due to the low equilibrium solubility of Bi and its tendency to surface segregate into Bi-rich droplet features. A model for molecular beam epitaxy growth based on the kinetics of atomic desorption, incorporation, surface accumulation, and droplet formation is applied to the bismide alloy InAsSbBi grown on GaSb substrates. A steady-state solution is derived for the Bi, Sb, and As mole fractions and surface layer coverages based on the Bi, Sb, and As fluxes. A nonlinear least-squares algorithm is used to fit the growth model parameters to experimentally measured Bi mole fractions in bulk and quantum well InAsSbBi samples grown at 400 °C and 420 °C. The Bi mole fraction ranges from 0.12% to 1.86% among 17 samples examined. The results indicate that as the growth temperature increases, the rate of Bi incorporation decreases and the rate of Bi self-desorption increases. A strong interaction is observed between Bi and As that plays a role in the desorption of excess Bi from the growth surface, thus reducing the likelihood of Bi-rich droplet formation when an excess As flux is present. Significantly, the model predicts that the incorporation of Bi is limited to mole fractions of 1.43% at 400 °C and 0.30% at 420 °C in lattice-matched bulk InAsSbBi grown on GaSb substrates.
AB - The growth of Bi-containing III-V alloys requires careful control over temperature and group-V fluxes due to the low equilibrium solubility of Bi and its tendency to surface segregate into Bi-rich droplet features. A model for molecular beam epitaxy growth based on the kinetics of atomic desorption, incorporation, surface accumulation, and droplet formation is applied to the bismide alloy InAsSbBi grown on GaSb substrates. A steady-state solution is derived for the Bi, Sb, and As mole fractions and surface layer coverages based on the Bi, Sb, and As fluxes. A nonlinear least-squares algorithm is used to fit the growth model parameters to experimentally measured Bi mole fractions in bulk and quantum well InAsSbBi samples grown at 400 °C and 420 °C. The Bi mole fraction ranges from 0.12% to 1.86% among 17 samples examined. The results indicate that as the growth temperature increases, the rate of Bi incorporation decreases and the rate of Bi self-desorption increases. A strong interaction is observed between Bi and As that plays a role in the desorption of excess Bi from the growth surface, thus reducing the likelihood of Bi-rich droplet formation when an excess As flux is present. Significantly, the model predicts that the incorporation of Bi is limited to mole fractions of 1.43% at 400 °C and 0.30% at 420 °C in lattice-matched bulk InAsSbBi grown on GaSb substrates.
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U2 - 10.1063/5.0035193
DO - 10.1063/5.0035193
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099770472
SN - 0021-8979
VL - 129
JO - Journal of Applied Physics
JF - Journal of Applied Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 035303
ER -