Abstract
The influences of the low V/III ratio on the surface morphologies and temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectrum of InAs-GaAs quantum dots (QDs) prepared by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy are investigated. Due to the accumulation of In adatoms at the multiatomic step edge on (001) 2° off toward an (111) n-type GaAs substrate, InAs island growth with ∼1 ML coverage takes place prior to the InAs QD formation. With increasing InAs coverage, self-assembled InAs QDs are observed near the InAs islands, which is attributed to the recapture of desorbed In atoms nucleating with supplied As atoms on the edge along [110]-orientation of the GaAs substrate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 275-280 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 06 2004 |
Keywords
- InAs quantum dot (QD)
- Organometallic vapor phase epitaxy (OMVPE), photoluminescence (PL)