X-Ray Photoelectron Study of Yb-Doped InP |
| R.J. Iwanowski, J.W. Sobczak* and Z. Kaliński Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al.Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland *Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland |
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| X-ray photoelectron spectra of core levels are reported for InP:Yb. Crystalline InP, doped with Yb to a level of 0.5 at.%, was grown by the synthesized solute diffusion method. An analysis of the core-level spectra of the constituent components, i.e. In 3d5/2 and P 2p, revealed a minor influence of the surface oxide species, mainly in the phosphate-like form. The spectrum of the Yb 4d core level was also recorded. The energy of the Yb 4d3/2 peak was found identical to that in Yb metal, whereas the 4d5/2 peak was found to be shifted to higher binding energies. This effect was found comparable to the case of advanced oxidation of Yb thus confirming its high reactivity, even as a bulk dopant. The data give also a rare experimental example of detection of bulk dopant atoms in a semiconductor matrix by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy at the limit of detectability. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.91.809 PACS numbers: 71.55.Eq, 79.60.Bm |