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Abstract:
We report photoreflectance-difference and reflectance-difference
measurements on reconstructed GaAs (001) surfaces. From these data the
linear and quadratic electro-optic coefficient spectra are determined
in the important 2.8-3.4 eV spectral region. The surface strain and
fields induced by the surface reconstruction are also determined. We
show experimentally that between c(4x4) and (2x4) surfaces, there is an
inversion of the surface electric field which we attribute to a direct
piezo-electric effect related to the surface strain induced by
reconstruction.