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Electron trap states at InGaAs/oxide interfaces under inversion through constant Fermi-level ab initio molecular dynamics

Bouzid, Assil  
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Pasquarello, Alfredo  
December 20, 2017
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

We employ constant-Fermi-level ab initio molecular dynamics to investigate defects at the InGaAs/oxide interface upon inversion. We adopt a substoichiometric amorphous model for modelling the structure at the interface and investigate the formation of defect structures upon setting the Fermi-level above the conduction band minimum. The defect formation is detected through both an analysis of the atomic structure and a Wannier-decomposition of the electronic structure. This computer driven approach is able to retrieve In and Ga lone-pair defects and As-As dimer/dangling bond defects, in agreement with previous studies based on physical intuition. In addition, the present simulation reveals hitherto unidentified defect structures consisting of metallic In-In, In-Ga, and Ga-Ga bonds. The defect charge transition levels of such metallic bonds in Al2O3 are then determined through a hybrid functional scheme and found to be consistent with the defect density measured at InGaAs/Al2O3 interfaces. Hence, we conclude that both In and Ga lone pairs dangling bonds and metallic In-In bonds are valid candidate defects for charge trapping at InGaAs/oxide interfaces upon charge carier inversion. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of constant-Fermi-level ab initio molecular dynamics in revealing and identifying defects at InGaAs/oxide interfaces.

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research article
DOI
10.1088/1361-648X/aa9a00
Web of Science ID

WOS:000425266800001

PubMed ID

29130889

Author(s)
Bouzid, Assil  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Pasquarello, Alfredo  

EPFL

Date Issued

2017-12-20

Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd

Published in
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Volume

29

Issue

50

Article Number

505702

Subjects

III-V semiconductors

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defects

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InGaAs

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Al2O3

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constant Fermi-level molecular dynamics

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hybrid functional

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DFT

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
CSEA  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

European Union

291771

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February 17, 2025
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