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We report the growth and characterization of a new wide bandgap II-VI alloy, ZnxCdyMg1-x-ySe, grown lattice-matched to InP. High quality quaternary layers with bandgaps ranging from 2.4 to 3.1 eV were grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The bandgaps and lattice constants were measured using photoluminescence and single crystal Θ-2Θ scans. Quantum well structures with quaternary barriers and ZnCdSe wells were also grown, entirely lattice matched to InP. Their photoluminescence properties suggest that these materials are suitable for the design of visible semiconductor lasers spanning the blue, green, and yellow regions of the visible range. The absence of strain in these heterostructures is expected to improve the reliability of the materials in device applications.
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Tamargo, M.C., Cavus, A., Zeng, L. et al. MBE Growth of lattice-matched ZnCdMgSe quaternaries and ZnCdMgSe/ZnCdSe quantum wells on InP substrates. J. Electron. Mater. 25, 259–262 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02666254
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