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http://dx.doi.org/10.6111/JKCGCT.2017.27.6.282

Growth of GaAs/AlGaAs structure for photoelectric cathode  

Bae, Sung Geun (Department of Electronic Material Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
Jeon, Injun (Department of Electronic Material Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
Kim, Kyoung Hwa (Department of Electronic Material Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University)
Abstract
In this paper, GaAs/AlGaAs multi-layer structure was grown by liquid phase epitaxy with graphite sliding boat, which can be used as a device structure of a photocathode image sensor. The multi-layer structure was grown on an n-type GaAs substrate in the sequence as follows: GaAs buffer layer, Zn-doped p-type AlGaAs layer as etching stop layer, Zn-doped p-type GaAs layer, and Zn-doped p-type AlGaAs layer. The Characteristics of GaAs/AlGaAs structures were analyzed by using scanning electron microscope (SEM), secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) and hall measurement. The SEM images shows that the p-AlGaAs/p-GaAs/p-AlGaAs multi-layer structure was grown with a mirror-like surface on a whole ($1.25mm{\times}25mm$) substrate. The Al composition in the AlGaAs layer was approximately 80 %. Also, it was confirmed that the free carrier concentration in the p-GaAs layer can be adjusted to the range of $8{\times}10^{18}/cm^2$ by hall measurement. In the result, it is expected that the p-AlGaAs/p-GaAs/p-AlGaAs multi-layer structure grown by the LPE can be used as a device structure of a photoelectric cathode image sensor.
Keywords
Photoelectric cathode; LPE; compound semiconductor; GaAs; AlGaAs;
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