作者: T. S. Kuan , T. F. Kuech , W. I. Wang , E. L. Wilkie
DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.54.201
关键词: Solid solution 、 Electron diffraction 、 Epitaxy 、 Order (ring theory) 、 Superstructure 、 Range (particle radiation) 、 Crystallography 、 Thin film 、 Inorganic compound 、 Materials science
摘要: We report the first observation of long-range order in a semiconductor III-V ternary alloy. ${\mathrm{Al}}_{x}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}$ thin crystals grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition or molecular-beam epitaxy have Ga atoms preferentially occupying 0,0,0 and \textonehalf{},\textonehalf{},0 sites Al \textonehalf{},0,\textonehalf{} 0,\textonehalf{},\textonehalf{} each unit cell. Our results indicate that this ordered structure is equilibrium state ${\mathrm{Al}}_{x}{\mathrm{Ga}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}$.