EPITAXIAL-GROWTH OF ZNMGSSE ON GAAS SUBSTRATE BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

We propose a new material, ZnMgSSe, as the possible cladding layer of blue laser diodes. The band-gap energy can be varied from 2.8 to near 4 eV, maintaining lattice-matching to a (100) GaAs substrate. From the quarternary data, the band-gap energies of MgS and MgSe (zincblende structure) are estimated to be about 4.5 and 3.6 eV, and the lattice constants are 5.62 and 5.89 angstrom, respectively. The refractive index of ZnMgSSe lattice-matched to GaAs is smaller than that of ZnSSe lattice-matched to GaAs. ZnMgSSe therefore meets the requirements of the cladding layer of ZnSSe for fabricating blue laser diodes.