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Santiago Torres-Jaramillo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9652-3225

Camilo Pulzara-Mora https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5243-309X

Roberto Bernal-Correa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9339-6574

Miguel Venegas de la Cerda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9797-4431

Salvador Gallardo-Hernández https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6968-5560

Máximo López-López https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4647-6683

Álvaro Pulzara-Mora https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1648-1788

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Abstract

Currently, the obtention of nano-structures based on III-V materials is expensive. This calls for novel and inexpensive nanostructure manufacturing approaches. In this work we report on the manufacture of a nanostructures consisting of alternating layers of In and GaAs on a silicon substrate by magnetron sputtering. Furthermore, we characterized the produced nanostructures using secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS), X-ray diffraction analysis, and Raman spectroscopy. SIMS revealed variation in the concentration of In atoms across In/GaAs/In interphases, and X-ray diffraction revealed planes corresponding to phases associated with GaAs and InAs due to In interfacial diffusion across GaAs layers. Finally, in order to study the composition and crystalquality of the manufactured nanostaructures, Raman spectra were taken using laser excitation lines of 452 nm, 532 nm, and 562 nm at different points across the nanostructures.This allowed to determine the transverse and longitudinal optical modes of GaAs and InAs,characteristic of a two-mode behavior. An acoustic longitudinal vibrational mode LA(Γ) of GaAs and an acoustic longitudinal mode activated by disorder (DALA) were observed. These resulted from the substitution of Ga atoms for In atoms in high concentrations due to the generation of Ga(VGa) and/or Arsenic(VAs) vacancies.This set of analyses show that magnetron sputtering can be aviable and relatively low-cost technique to obtain this type of semiconductors.

Keywords

III-V, semiconductors, Raman spectroscopy, SIMS, X ray

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How to Cite
Torres-Jaramillo, S., Pulzara-Mora, C., Bernal-Correa, R., Venegas de la Cerda, M., Gallardo-Hernández, S., López-López, M., & Pulzara-Mora, Álvaro. (2019). Structural and optical study of alternating layers of In and GaAs prepared by magnetron sputtering. Universitas Scientiarum, 24(3), 523–542. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.SC24-3.saos
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