InSb(100) reconstructions probed with core-level photoemission

P. John, T. Miller, T. C. Chiang

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Abstract

The InSb(100) surface was grown using the techniques of molecular-beam expitaxy. The surface was found to undergo several surface reconstructions, including a c(4×4), a c(8×2), an asymmetric (1×3), a symmetric (1×3), and a (1×1). High-resolution photoemission spectra of the In and Sb 4d core levels clearly exhibited surface-shifted components for some of these reconstructed surfaces. Analyses of the In and Sb core-level photoemission intensities as well as of the surface to bulk intensity ratios for the c(4×4) and c(8×2) structures were carried out. The c(4×4) surface was found to be terminated with 1(3/4 monolayers of Sb, while (3/4 monolayer of In was found to be the termination of the c(8×2) surface. Structural models are proposed for the c(8×2) and c(4×4) based upon these coverages and upon existing models of the similar GaAs(100) structures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1730-1737
Number of pages8
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume39
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989
Externally publishedYes

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