Self-aggregation of quantum dots for very thin InAs layers grown on GaAs
- 15 February 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 53 (8) , R4213-R4216
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.53.r4213
Abstract
Low-temperature photoluminescence and transmission electron microscopy of InAs/GaAs quantum wells grown by molecular-beam epitaxy show that InAs self-aggregation of InAs quantum dots is a continuous phenomenon and that quantum dots nucleate at the well interfaces for nominal InAs layer thicknesses much smaller than commonly reported in the literature (i.e., 1.6±0.1 ML). A good agreement is also found between the self-aggregated dot sizes estimated from the photoluminescence emission energies and those directly obtained from transmission electron microscopy measurements.Keywords
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