Review and prospects for VPE, MOVPE, MBE and CBE (MOMBE) of InP and related materials

The market for InP-based epitaxies is still small and the different production methods coexist. Novel sources may renew the interest in solid source MBE. In MOVPE and CBE the tendency is towards lower temperatures and increased safety. Two novel families of materials are studied. The main challenges are cheap optoelectronic devices for the subscriber access network and very high speed microelectronics.