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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Maeda, Yoshihito
• Jonishi, Takafumi
• Narumi, Kazumasa
• Ando, Yu-ichiro
• Ueda, Koji
• Kumano, Mamoru
• Sadoh, Taizoh
• Miyao, Masanobu

Titel

Axial orientation of molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown Fe3Si∕Ge hybrid structures and its degradation

Ist Teil von

• Applied physics letters, 2007-10, Vol.91 (17)

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The axial orientation of molecular-beam-epitaxy (MBE)-grown Fe3Si(111)∕Ge(111) hybrid structures was investigated by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. We confirmed that during MBE above 300°C, the interdiffusion of Fe and Ge atoms results in a composition change and the epitaxial growth of FeGe in Fe3Si. Low-temperature (<200°C) MBE can realize fully ordered DO3–Fe3Si with highly axial orientation [minimum yield (χmin)=2.2%]. Postannealing above 400°C results in a composition change and the degradation of axial orientation in the off-stoichiometric Fe3Si. The significance of stoichiometry with regard to thermal stability and the interfacial quality of Fe3Si(111)∕Ge(111) hybrid structures was also discussed.