Structural and optical properties of InAs–GaAs quantum dots subjected to high temperature annealing
作者:
A. O. Kosogov,
P. Werner,
U. Go¨sele,
N. N. Ledentsov,
D. Bimberg,
V. M. Ustinov,
A. Yu. Egorov,
A. E. Zhukov,
P. S. Kop’ev,
N. A. Bert,
Zh. I. Alferov,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 69,
issue 20
页码: 3072-3074
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1063/1.116843
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Annealing at higher temperature (700 °C) of structures with two‐dimensional and three‐dimensional arrays in InAs–GaAs quantum dots (QDs) results in an increase in the size and in a corresponding decrease in the indium composition of the QDs. The change in the In composition is monitored by the contrast pattern in theplan‐viewtransmission electron microscopy (TEM) images viewed under thestrongbeamimaging conditions. Increase in the size of the QDs is manifested by the plan‐view TEM images taken under [001] zone axis illumination as well as by the cross‐section TEM images. We show that the dots maintain their geometrical shape upon annealing. Luminescence spectra demonstrate a shift of the QD luminescence peak toward higher energies with an increase in the annealing time (10–60 min) in agreement with the decrease in indium composition revealed in TEM studies. The corresponding decrease in the QD localization energy results in an effective evaporation of carriers from QDs at room temperature, and the intensity of the QD luminescence decreases, and the intensity of the wetting layer and the GaAs matrix luminescence increase with the increase in the annealing time. ©1996 American Institute of Physics.
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