ABSTRACT

1

Introduction

2

Heterovalent Epitaxy

 2.1

Heterovalent Interfaces

 2.2

Surface Chemistry of Pretreated GaAs (100) Surfaces

 2.3

ZnSe Growth on Pretreated GaAs (100) Surfaces

 2.4

Interface Chemistry of ZnSe/GaAs Interfaces and Defect Generation

3

ZnSe Growth on (110) GaAs

 3.1

MBE Growth on (110) GaAs

 3.2

Defect Generation in ZnSe/GaAs (110)

4

ZnSe Growth on (111) GaAs

5

Impurity Doping

 5.1

n -Type Doping

 5.2

p-Type Doping

6

Homoepitaxy

7

Surfactant MBE

8

Plasma-Assisted MBE of ZnO

 8.1

Plasma-Assisted MBE Growth of ZnO

 8.2

Surface Morphology and Formation of Quantum Pyramids

 8.3

X-Ray Diffraction

 8.4

Photoluminescence Properties

 8.5

Stimulated Emission from ZnO Epilayers

9

Summary

References