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Spinodal Decomposition of Ga x In1−x As y P1−y Quaternary Alloys

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Using X-ray structural analysis, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and photoluminescent spectroscopy, it is shown that it is possible to obtain a small-scale domain structure on the surface of liquid-phase epitaxial heterostructures. The domain structure emerges as a result of spinodal decomposition of the Ga x In1 − x As y P1 − y quaternary alloy due to immiscibility of its components and relaxation of its lattice parameter to surrounding layers.

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    P. V. Seredin, A. V. Glotov, V. E. Ternovaya & E. P. Domashevskaya

  2. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute (Technical University), Russian Academy of Sciences, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia

    I. N. Arsentyev, L. S. Vavilova & I. S. Tarasov

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Original Russian Text © P.V. Seredin, A.V. Glotov, V.E. Ternovaya, E.P. Domashevskaya, I.N. Arsentyev, L.S. Vavilova, I.S. Tarasov, 2011, published in Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, 2011, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 1489–1497.

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Seredin, P.V., Glotov, A.V., Ternovaya, V.E. et al. Spinodal Decomposition of Ga x In1−x As y P1−y Quaternary Alloys. Semiconductors 45, 1433–1440 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782611110236

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