Reduction of trap concentration and interface roughness of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells by low growth rates in molecular beam epitaxy
- 3 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 55 (1) , 50-52
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.101751
Abstract
A simultaneous reduction of interface roughness and of impurity and trap incorporation in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells is observed for a decrease of the molecular beam epitaxy growth rate below its standard value 1 μm/h, down to 0.1 μm/h, at a substrate temperature of 620 °C. Thus, layer quality is drastically improved at low, nonstandard growth rates. Incorporation of impurities from the background is observed to induce a transition from two- to three-dimensional growth. The conclusions are based on a detailed study and line shape analysis of quantum well luminescence.Keywords
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