We report the epitaxial growth of single-crystalline Cd Te(100) thin films on Ga As(100) substrates using molecular beam epitaxy. By controlling the substrate pre-heated temperature with adjustable Te flux, three ...We report the epitaxial growth of single-crystalline Cd Te(100) thin films on Ga As(100) substrates using molecular beam epitaxy. By controlling the substrate pre-heated temperature with adjustable Te flux, three different reconstructed surfaces are realized, and their influence on the subsequent Cd Te growth is investigated. More importantly, we find that both the presence of a thin native oxide layer and the formation of Ga-As-Te bonds at the interface enable the growth along the(100) orientation and help to reduce the threading dislocations and other defects. Our results provide new opportunities for compound semiconductor heterogeneous growth via interfacial engineering.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant Nos 2017YFB0405704 and 2017YFA0305400the 1000-Young Talent Program of Chinathe Shanghai Sailing Program under Grant No 17YF1429200
文摘We report the epitaxial growth of single-crystalline Cd Te(100) thin films on Ga As(100) substrates using molecular beam epitaxy. By controlling the substrate pre-heated temperature with adjustable Te flux, three different reconstructed surfaces are realized, and their influence on the subsequent Cd Te growth is investigated. More importantly, we find that both the presence of a thin native oxide layer and the formation of Ga-As-Te bonds at the interface enable the growth along the(100) orientation and help to reduce the threading dislocations and other defects. Our results provide new opportunities for compound semiconductor heterogeneous growth via interfacial engineering.