CHARACTERIZATION OF GAAS/ALAS INTERFACIAL ATOMIC STEP STRUCTURES ON A (411)A-ORIENTED SUBSTRATE BY TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE

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TSUDA, Y [1 ]
SHIMOMURA, S [1 ]
HIYAMIZU, S [1 ]
SANO, N [1 ]
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[1] OSAKA UNIV, FAC ENGN SCI, TOYONAKA, OSAKA 560, JAPAN
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10.1016/0022-0248(94)00783-7
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
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We observed atomic structures of (411)A GaAs/AlAs hetero-interfaces using a transmission electron microscope, and studied the numerical computer simulations of the lattice images for the first time. The observed specimens were GaAs/AlAs multi-layer structures fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy, where the AlAs layers were very thin (0.75-2.1 monolayer). From the hetero-interfacial structures observed in cross-sectional view, it was found that the (411)A atomic step structures were based on Shimomura's model, which has already been proposed in a previous paper. We will discuss the concrete interfacial structure.
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