Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2011
In this paper we report the growth of GaP/Si heterostructures by metalorganic chemical beam epitaxy (MOCBE), including information on a MOCBE system custom built for this work. The gallium source was triethylgallium and the phosphorus source was tertiarybutylphosphine. The range for GaP epitaxy is 260 <T< 375°C. Methods of characterization included scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Auger electron (AES), X-ray photoelectron (XPS) and Rutherford backscattering (RBS) spectroscopies.