采用反射高能电子衍射仪与扫描隧道显微镜技术对GaAs(001)-(2×4)表面重构下的表面形貌进行深入研究,获得GaAs(001)薄膜处于不同(2×4)表面重构时的表面形貌。研究发现当GaAs(001)表面处于β2(2×4)时,经过精确控制薄膜的生长、退火以及淬火工艺,GaAs(001)表面能够获得由单一重构组成且原子级平坦的表面形貌;研究结果证实胆(2×4)的表面重构原胞中存在三对AsDimers,其中两对位于重构原胞顶层,一对处于重构原胞次层,这与球棍模型理论下获得的β2(2×4)重构原胞高度吻合;研究发现γ(2×4)表面重构实际上是β2(2×4)重构与C(4×4)重构混合后的重构形式,γ(2×4)重构表面是由大量单层岛和单层坑混合后的无序平坦表面;α(2×4)存在的温度区间很窄,它是GaAs表面从富As状态到富Ga状态转变的过渡重构形式,实验中将很难获得单-α(2×4)重构相表面。
The GaAs(001 )-(2 × 4)reconstructed surfaces were characterized with reflection high energy electron diffra fion( RHEED ), and scanning tunneling microscopy(STM). Distinctive difference was observed between GaAs(001 )- β2(2 × 4) and γ (2 × 4) reconstructionsThe well-defined GaAs ( 001 )-β2 ( 2 × 4) reconstruction on atomically flat surface can be prepared routinely by synthesizing, annealing, and quenching under the optimized conditions. The results show that the unit-cell in β2(2× 4) reconstruction can be described with three As-dimers,two in the top layer and one in the sec-ond layer, in consistent with the unit cell of β2(2 × 4) reconstruction calculated with the ball-and-stick model. The γ(2 × 4)reconstruction was found to originate from a mixture of β2(2 × 4)and c(4× 4)reconstruction on the fiat surfaces with a large number of randomly distributed mono-layered islands and pits. The α(2 × 4)reconstruction was rarely observed pos-sibly because its existing temperature range was too narrow and because it involved a transition from As-rich to Ga-rich phases.