Quadruple-period ordering in MBE GaAsSb alloys

Abstract

ABSTRACTExperimental and theoretical studies are reported for a quadruple period ordering found in GaAsSb alloy layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy at high growth temperatures. We propose a growth model that accounts for the observed three-dimensional (3D) ordered structure. It is shown that the already-ordered material in the previously grown layer affects the reconstruction of the growth front with respect to the underlying alloy template resulting in the correct stacking of the individual 2D ordered layers into the observed 3D ordered structure.