Growth of very thick In1-xGaxAs layers by source-current-controlled method

Effect of applied electric current on impurity transport in zone refining

“…The application of an electric current in such a system moves the species of the liquid mixture (melt/solution) in the direction of the applied electric current. This mass transport mechanism is known as electromigration [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. It is the main growth mechanism (driving force for growth) in the LPEE growth of semiconductors.…”

“…The LPEE growth technique was actually developed during the use of electric current for dopant modulation in liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) [3], and then became a solution growth technique for the growth of semiconductor crystals (see for instance Refs. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]). In LPEE, the applied electric current is the only driving force for mass transport.…”