A normal incidence X-ray s
tanding wave (NIXSW) s
tudy of room
tempera
ture in-si
tu S adsorp
tion on InP(110) is described. The S a
tom XSW profile was measured by de
tec
ting S 1s pho
toemission yield for
the (220) Bragg reflec
tion. The average perpendicular dis
tance of
the S a
toms from
the InP(110) surface was de
termined
to be 1.95±0.02 &angs
t;. The coheren
t frac
tion
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c was found
to be 0.67±0.02, which upon annealing
to 270°C increased
to 0.82±0.02. A (1 &
times; 1) low energy diffrac
tion (LEED) pa
ttern was observed in all cases. Models for
the adsorp
tion geome
try are discussed.