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Size Control of Self-Assembled Quantum Wires for Emission Wavelength Engineering

Maria Ujue Gonzalez 

Instituto de Microelectronica de Madrid (CNM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Abstract


SIZE CONTROL OF SELF-ASSEMBLED QUANTUM WIRES FOR EMISSION WAVELENGTH
ENGINEERING, L. González1, Y. González1, D. Granados1, J. M. García1,
D. Fuster2 and J.Martínez-Pastor2, 1Instituto de Microelectrónica de
Madrid (CNM-CSIC), C/ Isaac Newton 8 (PTM), 28760-Tres Cantos
(Madrid). Spain, 2Instituto de Ciencia de los Materiales, Universidad
de Valencia, P.O. Box 2085, 46071 Valencia, Spain.
It is now well established that nanowires formation along [1[
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monolayers, ML) is grown by MBE on InP (001) substrate. Strain
relaxation is the driving force for the unidirectional observed
surface roughening due to the asymmetric accumulated stress during MBE
growth of a lattice-mismatch III-V/III-V' heteroepitaxial system.
InAs/InP(001) nanowires produce photoluminiscence (PL) emission at l ť
1.5 mm at room temperature. However it should be desirable to exactly
tune the emission wavelength to the optimum for communication devices
(l = 1.55 mm) as well as to any other wavelength under design.
One possible way is to actuate on carrier confinement by using ternary
alloys to change both lattice-mismatch (to change the nanowire size)
and composition (to change the nanowire band gap).
In this work we have grown by MBE samples consisting of In[1-x]Ga[x]As
and In[1-x]Al[x]As (0<x<0.85), with different thickness, on InP (001).
Measurements of surface topography made by atomic force microscopy
show period of the wires from 17 nm to 45 nm for lattice-mismatch from
3.2% to 2.2%. Results on PL emission wavelength range obtained in
similar samples but adding an InP capping layer will be shown.

 

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Presentation: oral at E-MRS Fall Meeting 2002, by Maria Ujue Gonzalez
See On-line Journal of E-MRS Fall Meeting 2002

Submitted: 2003-02-16 17:33
Revised:   2009-06-08 12:55