Re. Balderas-navarro et al., In situ reflectance-difference spectroscopy of doped CdTe and ZnTe grown by molecular beam epitaxy, J VAC SCI B, 18(4), 2000, pp. 2224-2228
We have used reflectance-difference (RD spectroscopy (UW-visible energy ran
ge) during the growth and doping process of CdTe(001) and ZnTe(001) layers
by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), The MBE chamber is equipped with an electr
on cyclotron resonance cell to generate N plasma and a ZnCl2 effusion cell
for the p- and n-type doping, respectively. After the first stages of the g
rowth and prior doping, different spectral features were found as we change
d from Cd or Zn to Te stabilized conditions due to surface anisotropy. Howe
ver, as the doping of the growing layer further increased, the RD spectra o
f both surfaces showed resonances around E-1 and E-1+Delta(1) interband tra
nsitions due to the linear electro optic (LEO) effect, Although RD spectra
exhibit similar line shapes dominated by surface transitions, differences d
ue to the LEO can be isolated. Different Fermi level pinning mechanisms are
proposed for both materials because the RD measurements of the LEO strongl
y depend on surface termination. (C) 2000 American Vacuum Society. [S0734-2
11X(00)06704-4].