Effect of thermal annealing on structural properties of GeSn thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy

GeSn alloy with 7.68% Sn concentration grown by molecular beam epitaxy has been rapidly annealed at different temperatures from 300°C to 800°C. Surface morphology and roughness annealed below or equal to 500°C for 1 min have no obvious changes, while the strain relaxation rate increasing. When the a...

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Main Authors: Z. P. Zhang, Y. X. Song, Y. Y. Li, X. Y. Wu, Z. Y. S. Zhu, Y. Han, L. Y. Zhang, H. Huang, S. M. Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2017-10-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5005970