Abstract
X-ray photoemission spectroscopy was used to measure directly the CdTe-HgTe (¯1¯1¯1) heterojunction valence-band discontinuity () with the result eV. On the basis of the frequently applied common-anion rule, it has generally been assumed that would be small; the large value of will affect predicted CdTe-HgTe heterojunction and superlattice properties. In conjunction with recent measurements on the heterojunction system, the large result for the CdTe-HgTe (¯1¯1¯1) heterojunction provides direct experimental evidence in contradiction to the common-anion rule for lattice-matched heterojunction interfaces.
- Received 7 January 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.1605
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