Twin Domains in 111 oriented {CdO/MgO} superlattices: homoepitaxy versus heteroepitaxy

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Main Authors: Przeździecka, Ewa, Wierzbicka, Aleksandra, Adhikari, Abinash, Chabowska, Marta A.
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Published: 2025
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author Przeździecka, Ewa
Wierzbicka, Aleksandra
Adhikari, Abinash
Chabowska, Marta A.
author_facet Przeździecka, Ewa
Wierzbicka, Aleksandra
Adhikari, Abinash
Chabowska, Marta A.
contents The structural properties of (111)-oriented {CdO/MgO} superlattice structures grown on c-sapphire and cubic MgO substrates have been studied by high resolution X-ray diffraction. The growth was performed in a plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy system. Although both superlattices are (111)-oriented and the {CdO/MgO} structure has 3m symmetry. It was shown that the superlattice on c-sapphire consists of misoriented domains, whereas no such domains were observed on (111) MgO. The twin domains are rotated by 180° with respect to each other and by 30° with respect to the sapphire substrate. We show that the crucial phenomena based on the formation of rotation domains and their number in heteroepitaxy depend fundamentally on the relationship between substrate and epilayer symmetries.
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spellingShingle Twin Domains in 111 oriented {CdO/MgO} superlattices: homoepitaxy versus heteroepitaxy
Przeździecka, Ewa
Wierzbicka, Aleksandra
Adhikari, Abinash
Chabowska, Marta A.
Materials Science
The structural properties of (111)-oriented {CdO/MgO} superlattice structures grown on c-sapphire and cubic MgO substrates have been studied by high resolution X-ray diffraction. The growth was performed in a plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy system. Although both superlattices are (111)-oriented and the {CdO/MgO} structure has 3m symmetry. It was shown that the superlattice on c-sapphire consists of misoriented domains, whereas no such domains were observed on (111) MgO. The twin domains are rotated by 180° with respect to each other and by 30° with respect to the sapphire substrate. We show that the crucial phenomena based on the formation of rotation domains and their number in heteroepitaxy depend fundamentally on the relationship between substrate and epilayer symmetries.
title Twin Domains in 111 oriented {CdO/MgO} superlattices: homoepitaxy versus heteroepitaxy
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09465