The effect of growth interruption times combined with selective group-V spe
cies exposure of InGaAs/AlAsSb short-period superlattice structure was inve
stigated with photoluminescence, X-ray diffraction, reflection high-energy
electron diffraction. X-ray data show no superlattice structural dependence
on the used growth treatment. While reflection electron diffraction patter
ns strongly depend on the exposure time and species type exposure. A shift
in the photoluminescence peak position from samples grown under different s
pecies type exposure is observed. The samples with Sb- and As-terminated in
terfaces, respectively, indicate lower- and higher-energy peaks compared to
the ones grown without interruption. This is interpreted in terms of incre
ased incorporation of Sb in the InGaAs layer that leads to a change in the
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