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Local-field effects in reflectance anisotropy spectra of the (001) surface of gallium arsenide

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Characteristic reflectance anisotropy spectra of the naturally oxidized (001) surfaces of GaAs undoped crystals and Ga0.7Al0.3As epitaxial films are measured in the energy range 1.5–5.7 eV. The spectra are interpreted in the framework of the microscopic model proposed for a GaAs(001)/oxide interface and the reflectance anisotropy (difference) theory developed for a multilayer medium with a monolayer of atomic dipoles located near one of the interfaces. The anisotropy of dipole polarizability and the anisotropy of the plane lattice formed by dipoles are taken into account within the unified Green function approach of classical electrodynamics. A good agreement between the measured and calculated reflectance anisotropy spectra of the oxidized GaAs(001) surfaces shows that the local field effects at the semiconductor-oxide interface make the main contribution to these spectra.

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Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 43, No. 6, 2001, pp. 985–991.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2001 by Berkovits, Gordeeva, Kosobukin.

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Berkovits, V.L., Gordeeva, A.B. & Kosobukin, V.A. Local-field effects in reflectance anisotropy spectra of the (001) surface of gallium arsenide. Phys. Solid State 43, 1018–1024 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1378138

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