Focused Ion Beam Implantation of GaAs-GaAlAs Quantum Well Structures

1 January 1988

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in MRS Proceedings

Vol. 126
https://doi.org/10.1557/proc-126-55

Abstract

The effects of Implantation Enhanced Interdiffusion (IEI) in GaAs-GaAlAs quantum well structures are investigated. A Focused Ion Beam (FIB) source is used to implant narrow lines (500Å wide) with Ga⁺ ions. IEI in these structures is characterized by low temperature Cathodoluminescence. The dose effects and annealing kinetics dependence on IEI are presented. An unusual damage distribution which produces IEI deep below the surface is observed for the case of FIB implant. The possible origins of this effect and the limits of IEI for processing quantum wires and boxes are discussed.

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