Relations between compositional modulation and atomic ordering degree in thin films of ternary III—V semiconductor alloys

This paper derives the expressions for the ordering degree and the modulation factor of A and B atoms in A_xB_1-xC epilayers of ternary III--V semiconductor alloys. Using these expressions, it identifies quantitatively the alternating atom-enhanced planes, compositional modulations, atomic ordering degree on the group-III sublattices and the fine structure of NMR spectra.