Decomposition Controlled by Surface Morphology during Langmuir Evaporation of GaAs

作者:Tersoff J*; Jesson D E; Tang W X
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2010, 105(3): 035702.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.035702

摘要

When GaAs is heated in vacuum, it decomposes into Ga and As as it evaporates. Real-time in situ surface electron microscopy reveals striking bursts of "daughter" droplet nucleation and growth when coalescence of large "parent" droplets exposes nonplanar surface regions. We analyze the behavior, predicting a morphology-dependent congruent evaporation temperature. Based on this we propose a new approach for the self-assembly and positioning of quantum structures via droplet epitaxy, which we demonstrate at the proof-of-concept level.

  • 出版日期2010-7-14
  • 单位IBM