Effect of Te as a surfactant on the optical properties of InAs self-assembled quantum dots

Abstract
We report on optical experiments in self-assembled InAs quantum dots grown on (100) and (311)A GaAs surfaces which were precovered with Te. We observe a strong reduction of the luminescence intensity with increasing Te coverage in the (100)-oriented samples. The Te-induced luminescence reduction is, however, much smaller in the (311)A oriented samples.