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Thin layers of chemical bath deposited cadmium sulfide were used to improve the surface and interface properties of InP and its latticed-matched III-V compounds. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicates chemical reduction of surface oxides and the prevention of subsequent group III or V oxide formation. Photoluminescence spectra, measured between 1.0 and 1.3 μm, indicate a dramatic reduction in phosphorus vacancies following CdS treatment. Metalinsulator-semiconductor capacitors fabricated onn-type InP substrates with CdS interlayers display near-ideal quasi-static response and interface-state densities in the low 1011/eVcm2 range. Thin CdS layers were used to passivate the surface of InAlAs/InGaAs high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) and metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM)photodetectors.AfterCdS treatment, Schottky diode barrier heights of 0.6 eV were regularly obtained. For HEMTs, drain-togate current ratios of 8 × 104 were observed after CdS treatment. For a new backside illuminated MSM design, the dark current of CdS-treated samples was reduced three orders of magnitude to below 1 nA.
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Vaccaro, K., Davis, A., Dauplaise, H.M. et al. Cadmium sulfide surface stabilization for InP-based optoelectronic devices. J. Electron. Mater. 25, 603–609 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02666511
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