Anisotropic strain relaxation in GaAs layers grown on Si(100) substrates by post-growth patterning

Abstract
Strain relaxation in stripe-shaped GaAs layers on Si(100) substrates by post-growth patterning has been investigated by photoluminescence (PL) measurements. PL spectrum for the GaAs stripes along [001] showed peaks positioned at shorter wavelength than those for stripes along [011] and [01̄1]. The stripe-orientation dependence was regarded as the crystallographic anisotropy of strain relaxation in the stripe-shaped GaAs layers. The PL results, therefore, showed that the stripes along [001] were superior to those along [011] and [01̄1] for reducing residual strain in the GaAs layers.