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Growth of ZnS_xSe_1-x Layers on ZnS and ZnSe Substrates by a Solid-State-Diffusion Technique

Seiji Asami, Atsuko Ebina and Tadashi Takahashi

(Received September 12, 1977)

The present paper reports on the growth of zinc sulpho-selenide solid solutions on ZnS and ZnSe substrates by a closed tube, solid-state-diffusion technique. The composition of the overlayer prepared by the diffusion of Se into ZnS is uniform throughout a depth of the order of 5 µm. On the other hand, the overlayer prepared by the diffusion of S into ZnSe does not have such uniform composition as in the case of the diffusion of Se: the variation in composition is ∼5%. Below the overlayer, a transition region with a varying composition was formed. The depth profile of the composition of the transition region is approximated by a diffusion theory, which provides the diffusion constant of Se into ZnS at a temperature 1070°C, that is 5×10^-13 cm²/sec, under the condition that S₂ and Se₂ pressures are P_S2=0.75 atm and P_Se2=1.75 atm. The diffusion constant of S into ZnSe is 8×10^-12 cm²/sec at 1060°C under P_S2=0.57 and P_Se2=1.53 atm.

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DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.17.779

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