Observation of surface evaporation of Hg from HgTe crystals by means of energetic oxygen ion backscattering

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Diffusion In Solids, Electron States At Surfaces And Interfaces

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Dissociation of Hg from the near-surface region of HgTe crystals was observed, up to 10 μm, by means of 42-MeV O5+ backscattering. Samples were annealed in vacuum at various temperatures up to 280 °C. The change of the backscattering spectra with annealing time and temperature indicated that the Hg atoms evaporated almost completely from the near-surface region to a depth d(t,T) and that only Te atoms remained there. The interface between the Te region and the HgTe crystal migrated at a velocity u(T) which was determined as u(T)=1.2×105 exp(-1.2 eV/kT) cm/sec. This is accounted for by a simple phenomenological model which suggests that the migration of the Hg atoms across the interface is the rate controlling process for the whole boundary migration process.

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