Solar-blind 4.55 eV band gap Mg0.55Zn0.45O components fabricated using quasi-homo buffers

A route for synthesizing high Mg content single-phase wurtzite MgZnO films having band gaps in the solar-blind region is demonstrated by employing molecular beam epitaxy on Al2O3 substrates. Importantly, a low Mg content "quasi-homo" buffer, Mg0.17Zn0.83O, was applied to accommodate a host of structural discrepancies and therefore, avoiding phase separation in a high Mg content film, Mg0.55Zn0.45O, as proved by X-ray diffraction. The Mg fraction in the overgrown single-phase epilayer, Mg0.55Zn0.45O, was confirmed by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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