Optical properties of AlxGa1−x As

We report pseudodielectric function 〈e〉 data for AlxGa1−xAs alloys of target compositions x=0.00–0.80 in steps of 0.10 grown by liquid‐phase epitaxy and measured by spectroellipsometry. Cleaning procedures that produce abrupt interfaces between the technologically relevant alloys x≤0.5 and the ambient are described. The 〈e2〉 data are corrected near the fundamental direct absorption edge by a Kramers–Kronig analysis of the 〈e1〉 data to circumvent a limitation of the rotating‐analyzer ellipsometric technique. The results and the associated pseudooptical functions 〈n〉, 〈R〉, and 〈α〉 are listed in tabular form. Accurate values of the E0 and E1 threshold energies are determined from these spectra by Fourier methods. From these values, and from similar values for a GaAs‐capped AlAs sample grown by organometallic chemical vapor deposition, the dependencies of the E0 and E1 interband critical point energies on nominal composition are obtained. Cubic polynomial representations of these dependences are determined to...

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