We investigated the evolution of Si 2p, Ge 3d core-level and valence-band photoemission spectra of disordered Si_(1) _(x)Ge_(x) alloys using synchrotron-radiation at room temperature. As Ge composition increases, the binding energy of the Si 2p (Ge 3d...
We investigated the evolution of Si 2p, Ge 3d core-level and valence-band photoemission spectra of disordered Si_(1) _(x)Ge_(x) alloys using synchrotron-radiation at room temperature. As Ge composition increases, the binding energy of the Si 2p (Ge 3d) is found to shift to low (high) energies. We performed a standard nonlinear least squares line-shape fitting to resolve surface and bulk contribution to the core-level spectra. The best fits were obtained with one bulk and two surface components. We observed Si 2p (Ge 3d) core-level binding energy shift to low (high) energies, increase (decrease) in the spin-orbit splitting, and decrease (increase) in the branching ratio for increasing Ge composition. The results are interpreted as due to bonding orbital difference of Si and Ge. As Ge composition increases, surface core-level binding energy shifts to low energies with decrease in the energy separation between top and second layer atoms. We also obtained valence band spectra of Si_(1) _(x)Ge_(x) alloys in various photon energies. Evolution of three well-separated peaks in the spectra indicated significant variation in the band structure of the alloy system.