LOW-DAMAGE PROCESSING OF CDTE(110) SURFACES USING ATOMIC-HYDROGEN

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LUO, Y [1 ]
SLATER, DA [1 ]
OSGOOD, RM [1 ]
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[1] COLUMBIA UNIV,COLUMBIA RADIAT LAB,NEW YORK,NY 10027
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10.1063/1.115491
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We present the results of an AES, XPS, and LEED study of the reaction of oxide and contaminant overlayers on the CdTe(110) surface with atomic hydrogen. Exposure of an oxidized surface to a flux of atomic hydrogen produced by "cracking" ambient molecular hydrogen on a hot tungsten filament results in a rapid, quantitative removal of the oxide overlayer with substrate temperatures as low as 300 K to produce a stoichiometric surface free of contaminants which has sufficient surface order to produce a sharp (1×1) LEED pattern.© 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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