Effects Due to and Derived from Spontaneous Ordering in III-V Semiconductor Alloys

Abstract

Two interesting and important aspects of spontaneous CuPt ordering in III-V semiconductor alloys, which have only been investigated recently, are reviewed in this paper. The first aspect addresses the statistical effects that should be considered as the most unique consequence of the phenomenon of ordering, more specifically, how ordering affects the alloy fluctuations and hence the physical properties of the alloy. The second aspect tackles some intriguing properties of the domain twins of two CuPt ordered variants, specifically, considering the transmission of a ballistic electron beam through such a domain twin and its analogy to a highly interesting phenomenon, negative refraction, for light.