Optimization of a carbon evaporator cell for MBE growth

A new design of carbon source using a S-shaped glassy carbon filament for p-doping and carbon deposition is presented. Due to the higher resistivity of the glassy carbon, lower current is needed to produce the same flux as in a source based on pyrolytic graphite filament. The source design is very c...

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Autores: Fuster, David, González Díez, Yolanda, González Sotos, Luisa, Méndez, Javier, García, F., Córdoba-Cabanillas, J. L., Dotor-Castilla, María Luisa, Álvaro Bruna, Raquel, Torné, Lorena, García Martínez, Jorge Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/234865
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/234865
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Carbon
P-Doping
Molecular beam epitaxy
Ga droplets
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Sumario:A new design of carbon source using a S-shaped glassy carbon filament for p-doping and carbon deposition is presented. Due to the higher resistivity of the glassy carbon, lower current is needed to produce the same flux as in a source based on pyrolytic graphite filament. The source design is very compact and the use of water cooling is not mandatory. The results and simulations of the new design show a higher flux than the previously reported glassy carbon based source while avoiding hot spots that can cause an early filament degradation. Hole mobility vs doping level relation data on p-doped GaAs layers grown by molecular beam epitaxy using this new carbon source are shown. With this new C source GaAs (001) surface morphology flatness is preserved after depositing C, showing a reduced substrate heating radiation essential for operate in III-V solid source molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems.