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Intensity [a.u.]<br />

10 6<br />

10 5<br />

10 4<br />

10 3<br />

-0.6 -0.3 0.0 0.3 0.6<br />

q z [A -1 ]<br />

These XRD curves have been simulated <strong>and</strong> the strain pr<strong>of</strong>iles <strong>and</strong> static<br />

disorder parameter Lh resulting from the best fits are shown in Figure 6.21 a) <strong>and</strong> b)<br />

respectively. Three reg<strong>ion</strong>s are observed <strong>and</strong> are indicated in the figure. 1) A layer at<br />

<strong>and</strong> just be<strong>low</strong> zero depth with positive strain <strong>and</strong> high static disorder. 2) A central area<br />

with no or negative strain accompanied by no static disorder, 3) a deeper layer with high<br />

positive strain <strong>and</strong> <strong>low</strong> static disorder. The three layers are attributed to the reg<strong>ion</strong> at the<br />

a/c interface, the regrown, electrically active layer <strong>and</strong> the EOR reg<strong>ion</strong> respectively. The<br />

main features to note with these results are the increases in the width <strong>of</strong> the<br />

recrystallised reg<strong>ion</strong> in between the EOR reg<strong>ion</strong> <strong>and</strong> the surface with increasing anneal<br />

temperature. Also after <strong>annealing</strong> to 650 °C <strong>and</strong> 700 °C the onset <strong>of</strong> the negative strain<br />

at depths between 1 <strong>and</strong> 10 nm, is attributed to the As occupying substitut<strong>ion</strong>al sites or<br />

forming inactive AsnV clusters.<br />

153<br />

epi550<br />

epi600<br />

epi650<br />

epi700<br />

virgin<br />

Figure 6.20 Radial scan through (004) Bragg reflect<strong>ion</strong> for the Epi<br />

series <strong>and</strong> a virgin sample. From (18, 19).

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