Anomalous behaviour of optical phonon modes in ZnSe epitaxial layers

Raman measurements on ZnSe/GaAs heterostructures show unusual behaviour of the optical phonon modes from ZnSe. High epitaxy rates are responsible for both poor structural quality at the interface and Fermi level pinning by carrier traps. The first effect gives rise, beyond a critical thickness, to p...

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Published in:Journal of Raman spectroscopy 1997-07, Vol.28 (7), p.551-554
Main Authors: Pagès, O., Renucci, M. A., Briot, O., Aulombard, R. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Physics
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Summary:Raman measurements on ZnSe/GaAs heterostructures show unusual behaviour of the optical phonon modes from ZnSe. High epitaxy rates are responsible for both poor structural quality at the interface and Fermi level pinning by carrier traps. The first effect gives rise, beyond a critical thickness, to polycrystalline growth associated with the activation of a theoretically forbidden TO‐ZnSe mode. The second effect induces a spectacular enhancement of the interfacial LO‐ZnSe mode strength. The competition between the latter local electric field effect and absorption in the upper disoriented part of the layer may result in the quasi‐total extinction of the LO‐ZnSe mode. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0377-0486
1097-4555
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4555(199707)28:7<551::AID-JRS142>3.0.CO;2-I