Evolution of Raman spectra in n-InAs wafer with annealing temperature

Highlights

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The LO Raman peaks of annealed (1 0 0) n-InAs wafers disappear with increasing annealing temperature, indicating the elimination of surface electron accumulation layers.

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Amorphous In2O3 and As2O3 phases are formed at InAs surface during annealing and a thin crystalline As layer at the interface between the oxidized layer and InAs wafer is also generated.

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The thickness of surface electron accumulation layers decreases with increasing annealing temperature since the amount of generated As adatoms acting as acceptor impurities increases.

Abstract

The influence of annealing temperature on the optical properties of surface electron accumulation layers in n-type (1 0 0) InAs wafers has been investigated by Raman spectroscopy. It exhibits that Raman peaks due to scattering by unscreened LO phonons disappear with increasing temperature, which indicates that the electron accumulation layer in InAs surface is eliminated by annealing. The involved mechanism was analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The results show that amorphous In2O3 and As2O3 phases are formed at InAs surface during annealing and, meanwhile, a thin crystalline As layer at the interface between the oxidized layer and the wafer is also generated which leads to a decrease in thickness of the surface electron accumulation layer since As adatoms introduce acceptor type surface states.

PACS

68.47.Fg

78.30.Fs

68.35.Ja

Keywords

Surface charge accumulation layer

InAs

Annealing

Raman

Source:ScienceDirect

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