Visualizing interfacial structure at non-common-atom heterojunctions with cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy

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作者
Steinshnider, J
Weimer, M [1 ]
Kaspi, R
Turner, GW
机构
[1] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[2] USAF, Res Lab, AFRL, DELS, Albuquerque, NM 87117 USA
[3] MIT, Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA 02173 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.2953
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We describe how cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) may be used to image the interfacial bonding across the nearly lattice-matched, non-common-atom GaSb/InAs heterojunction with atomic-scale precision. The method, which takes advantage of the length difference between interfacial and bulk bonds, appears equally applicable to AlSb/InAs and suggests how one might recover the complete structure of either heterojunction from atomic-resolution STM data.
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页码:2953 / 2956
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