1301.0362 (Zhaoquan Zeng et al.)

Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 Topological
Insulators on GaAs (111) Substrates: A Potential Route to Fabricate
Topological Insulator p-n Junction    [PDF]

Zhaoquan Zeng, Timothy A. Morgan, Dongsheng Fan, Chen Li, Yusuke Hirono, Xian Hu, Joon Sue Lee, Zhiming M. Wang, Jian Wang, Shuiqing Yu, Michael E. Hawkridge, Mourad Benamara, Gregory J. Salamo

High quality Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 topological insulators films were epitaxially grown on GaAs (111) substrate using solid source molecular beam epitaxy. Their growth and behavior on both vicinal and non-vicinal GaAs (111) substrates were investigated by reflection high-energy electron diffraction, atomic force microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. It is found that non-vicinal GaAs (111) substrate is better than a vicinal substrate to provide high quality Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 films. Hall and magnetoresistance measurements indicate that p type Sb2Te3 and n type Bi2Te3 topological insulator films can be directly grown on a GaAs (111) substrate, which may pave a way to fabricate topological insulator p-n junction on the same substrate, compatible with the fabrication process of present semiconductor optoelectronic devices.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.0362