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Single-crystal atomic layer deposited Y2O3 on GaAs(0 0 1) – growth, structural, and electrical characterization

 

Highlights

 

First demonstration of single-crystal atomic layer deposited oxide on GaAs(0 0 1).

Attainment of very thin single crystal ALD-Y2O3 1 nm thick on GaAs(0 0 1).

Thin ALD-Y2O3 film with excellent crystallinity having FWHM of ∼0.033°.

Lowest frequency dispersion ever achieved in the ALD-oxides on n-type GaAs(0 0 1).

Thermodynamic stability at high temperatures of 900 °C.

 


Abstract

In situ atomic layer deposited (ALD) Y2O3 films 1–5 nm thick on GaAs(0 0 1)-4×6 reconstructed substrates were found to be single crystalline. The epitaxial growth between the oxide films and GaAs was first observed using reflective high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and later studied using high-resolution synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction. The Y2O3 films are of cubic phase and have (1 1 0) as the film normal; the orientation relationship between the Y2O3 films and the GaAs substrates was determined to be Y2O3(1 1 0)[0 0 1][View the MathML source]//GaAs(0 0 1)[1 1 0]View the MathML source. The frequency dispersion of the measured capacitance–voltage (CV) curves of the single crystal ALD-Y2O3/GaAs(0 0 1)-4×6 is ∼7% for p-GaAs and ∼14% for n-GaAs (1 M Hz to 100 Hz), lowest ever achieved in the ALD-oxides on GaAs(0 0 1).


Graphical abstract

 

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Keywords

  • Rare earth oxide
  • Single crystal
  • High k
  • III–V materails
  • ALD
  • GaAs(0 0 1)

SOURCE:SCIENCEDIRECT


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