Temperature-dependent optical spectra of single quantum wells fabricated using interrupted molecular beam epitaxial growth
- 24 November 1986
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 49 (21) , 1465-1467
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.97304
Abstract
Photoluminescence excitation (PLE) and temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopies have been employed to interpret fine structure observed in the low-temperature PL spectra of GaAs/AlGaAs single quantum wells grown by molecular beam epitaxy under conditions of interrupted growth. Multiple peaks observed in the low-temperature PL spectra of similar samples grown by others have been held to be proof of monolayer steps in exceptionally smooth interfaces. We show that similar structure in the low-temperature PL spectra of our samples is not intrinsic. However, PLE or higher temperature PL spectroscopy yields unambiguous evidence for the model of interface smoothing due to growth interruption.Keywords
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