Surface effects of vapour-liquid-solid driven Bi surface droplets formed during molecular-beam-epitaxy of GaAsBi

JA Steele, RA Lewis, J Horvat, MJB Nancarrow… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Herein we investigate a (001)-oriented GaAs1− x Bi x/GaAs structure possessing Bi
surface droplets capable of catalysing the formation of nanostructures during Bi-rich growth …

[HTML][HTML] Droplet induced compositional inhomogeneities in GaAsBi

CR Tait, L Yan, JM Millunchick - Applied Physics Letters, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Compositional inhomogeneities in III-V alloys heavily influence the device performance. This
work presents evidence for Ga droplets inducing inhomogeneities in the Bi composition …

Spontaneous nanostructure formation in GaAsBi alloys

CR Tait, L Yan, JM Millunchick - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2018 - Elsevier
Bismuth containing semiconductor alloys are of increasing interest for their potential
applications as infrared devices, though material quality in these materials has often proven …

Analysis of GaAsBi growth regimes in high resolution with respect to As/Ga ratio using stationary MBE growth

J Puustinen, J Hilska, M Guina - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2019 - Elsevier
The control of Bi incorporation and material properties in III-V-Bi alloys has proved
challenging due to their high sensitivity to the epitaxial growth parameters. Here, we present …

The effects of growth interruptions in the GaAsBi/InAs/GaAs quantum dots: The emergence of three-phase nanoparticles

S Flores, DF Reyes, V Braza, NJ Bailey, MR Carr… - Surfaces and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The study investigated the impact of introducing bismuth into the GaAs capping layer (CL)
on InAs quantum dots (QDs) to enhance their QD properties. Three different time …

Raman and AFM studies on nominally undoped, p-and n-type GaAsBi alloys

A Erol, E Akalin, K Kara, M Aslan… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
We study structural properties and surface formation of undoped, n-and p-type doped
GaAsBi alloys with various bismuth compositions using Micro-Raman, Fourier Transform …

Exploring the Implementation of GaAsBi Alloys as Strain-Reducing Layers in InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots

V Braza, D Fernández, T Ben, S Flores, NJ Bailey… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper investigates the effect of GaAsBi strain reduction layers (SRLs) on InAs QDs with
different Bi fluxes to achieve nanostructures with improved temperature stability. The SRLs …

Microstructure and interface analysis of emerging Ga (Sb, Bi) epilayers and Ga (Sb, Bi)/GaSb quantum wells for optoelectronic applications

E Luna, O Delorme, L Cerutti, E Tournié… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Using transmission electron microscopy, we present an in-depth microstructural analysis of
a series of Ga (Sb, Bi) epilayers and Ga (Sb, Bi)/GaSb quantum wells grown on GaSb (001) …

Atomistic mechanism effects on the growth of GaAsBi and GaAs nanowires

S Blel, C Bilel - Solid State Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations were developed to describe all the kinetic
processes occurring during epitaxial growth on vicinal surfaces and to interpret the formation …

Annealing-induced precipitate formation behavior in MOVPE-grown GaAs1− xBix explored by atom probe tomography and HAADF-STEM

AW Wood, W Chen, H Kim, Y Guan, K Forghani… - …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of a 45 min anneal at 800 C on the physical properties and microstructure of a
five-period GaAs 1− x Bi x/GaAs 1− y Bi y superlattice with y≠ x were studied using room …