Determination of the alloy scattering potential in modulation-doped In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.52Al0.48As heterojunctions from magnetotransport measurements


Tiras E., Altinoz S., Cankurtaran M., Celik H., Balkan N.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, cilt.40, sa.24, ss.6391-6397, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 24
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10853-005-1599-2
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.6391-6397
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The results of magnetotransport measurements are used to investigate the scattering mechanisms and hence to determine the alloy disorder scattering potential in modulation-doped In0.53Ga0.47As/In(0.52)AI(0.48)As heterojunction samples with spacer layer thickness in the range from 0 to 400 angstrom. The experimental data for the temperature dependence of Hall mobility are compared with the electron mobility calculated for major scattering processes by using the theoretical expressions available in the literature. It is found that alloy disorder scattering and polar optical phonon scattering are the dominant scattering mechanisms at low and high temperatures, respectively. However, the effects of acoustic phonon scattering, remote-ionized impurity scattering, background-ionized impurity scattering, and interface roughness scattering on electron mobility are much smaller than that of alloy disorder scattering, at all temperatures. The alloy disorder scattering potential is determined by fitting the experimental data for low-temperature transport mobility of two-dimensional electrons in the first subband of the heterojunction sample with the calculated total mobility. (c) 2005 Springer Science + Business-Media, Inc.