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Photocurrent Study on the Splitting of the Valence Band and Growth of BaIn2Se4 epilayers by Hot Wall Epitaxy

Hot Wall Epitaxy(HWE)법에 의한 BaIn2Se4 에피레어 성장과 가전자대 갈라짐에 대한 광전류 연구

  • Received : 2013.11.04
  • Accepted : 2014.03.21
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

A stoichiometric mixture of evaporating materials for $BaIn_2Se_4$ epilayers was prepared from horizontal electric furnace. To obtain the single crystal thin films, $BaIn_2Se_4$ mixed crystal was deposited on thoroughly etched semi-insulating GaAs(100) substrate by the Hot Wall Epitaxy (HWE) system. The source and substrate temperatures were $620^{\circ}C$ and $400^{\circ}C$, respectively. The crystalline structure of the epilayers was investigated by the photoluminescence and double crystal X-ray diffraction (DCXD). The carrier density and mobility of $BaIn_2Se_4$ epilayers measured from Hall effect by van der Pauw method are $8.94{\times}10^{17}cm^{-3}$ and 343 $cm^2/vs$ at 293 K, respectively. The temperature dependence of the energy band gap of the $BaIn_2Se_4$ obtained from the absorption spectra was well described by the Varshni's relation, $E_g(T)$=2.6261 eV-$(4.9825{\times}10^{-3}eV/K)T^2/(T+558 K)$. The crystal field and the spin-orbit splitting energies for the valence band of the $BaIn_2Se_4$ have been estimated to be 116 meV and 175.9 meV, respectively, by means of the photocurrent spectra and the Hopfield quasicubic model. These results indicate that the splitting of the ${\Delta}so$ definitely exists in the ${\Gamma}_5$ states of the valence band of the $BaIn_2Se_4/GaAs$ epilayer. The three photocurrent peaks observed at 10 K are ascribed to the $A_1-$, $B_1$-exciton for n = 1 and $C_{21}$-exciton peaks for n=21.

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