Zinc sulfoselenide epitaxial layers grown on GaAs substrates have been
characterized by etch pit density (EPD) and full width at half maximu
m (FWHM) of double-crystal X-ray rocking curves. EPD was observed on a
(100) ZnSxSe1-x/GaAs surface. The etching solution of 0.04% bromine-m
ethanol at 3-degrees-C was found to work well for EPD measurement. EPD
on the ZnSe epilayers was about 10(7) cm-2 for the general growth con
ditions, but was as low as 10(4) cm-2 for lattice-matched ZnSxSe1-x ep
itaxial layers which gave the narrowest FWHM of 13.6 arc sec.