Abstract
A 300 Å buffer layer of InSb grown by atomic layer epitaxy at a substrate temperature of 300 °C at the GaAs/InSb interface has been employed to grow epitaxial films of InSb having bulk-like properties. The reduction of the defects in the top InSb film has been observed with cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy and channeling Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. The optimum substrate temperature for the primary InSb layer growth was 420 °C with an atomic flux ratio of Sb to In of 1.4 and a growth rate of 1 μm/h. The best 5-μm-thick InSb layers had x-ray rocking curve widths of 100 s, 77 K n-type carrier concentrations in the low 1015/cm3 range, and 77 K carrier mobilities greater than 105 cm2/V s. Mesa isolated photodiodes had carrier lifetimes of 20 ns, in comparison to 200 ns observed in bulk InSb having a similar carrier concentration. An unexplained, weak free-electron spin resonance transition has been observed in these films.
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