The crystallization path: A way to the GaxIn1-xAsyP1-yphase diagram

It is shown that already existing thermodynamic models can give a good description of the liquid-solid equilibrium in the GaInAsP system. After a reexamination of the parameters used in the models, they are compared to the reported liquid-phase epitaxy experiments and found in agreement provided that the effect of supersaturation is taken into account along the crystallization path and that alloys which are grown lattice matched on