Liquid-phase Epitaxial Growth of III-V Semiconductor Materials and Their Device Applications

This book aims to provide an introduction to the basic principles of the LPE technique as applied to the technologically important III-V materials. A balanced assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of this technique against other commonly used methods such as MBE and MOVPE is given, along with a discussion of the practical and economic considerations involved in setting up and running an LPE growth process, including phase-diagram calculations, diffusion-limited growth models and impurity-incorporation mechanisms. For the device physicist, there is a treatment of the electrical, optical and structural properties of LPE-grown III-V materials and the application of these materials to a variety of electronic devices such as lasers, LEDs, microwave devices and quantum well structures. The book aims to be a comprehensive treatment of thin film growth by LPE as applied to III-V materials, As such it will be of interest to newcomers in this field at both undergraduate and research levels and in particular to those with an interest in device applications.