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Spectroscopy of the electronic states in InAs quantum dots grown onInxAl1−xAs/InP(001)
- Source :
- Physical Review B. 69
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 2004.
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Abstract
- We have investigated optical properties of high-density InAs self-assembled quantum dots (QDs) in an ${\mathrm{In}}_{x}{\mathrm{Al}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}$ matrix, lattice matched to an InP (001) substrate. The weak lattice mismatch $(\ensuremath{\sim}3%)$ results in a 90% coverage of the ${\mathrm{In}}_{x}{\mathrm{Al}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}$ surface with InAs QDs. By means of interband and intraband spectroscopies crossed with atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements, we have determined that the InAs QDs optical properties depend on the deposited amount of InAs. Photoinduced absorption spectroscopy has been used to investigate midinfrared intraband absorptions. For three monolayers (ML) InAs deposit thickness, just above two-dimensional (2D)/3D growth mode transition (2.5 ML), the islands form as isolated elliptical dots elongated along the $[11\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}0]$ direction and exhibit intraband resonances polarized either along the [110] or the $[11\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}0]$ direction. For thicker deposition $(g3\mathrm{ML}),$ InAs islands form chains of elliptical dots along the $[11\ifmmode\bar\else\textasciimacron\fi{}0]$ direction where the quantum confinement is lost, resulting in a quantum-wire-like behavior. In this paper, we also report on photoluminescence and photocurrent spectroscopies, in order to get insight into the ${\mathrm{I}\mathrm{n}\mathrm{A}\mathrm{s}/\mathrm{I}\mathrm{n}}_{x}{\mathrm{Al}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}\mathrm{As}$ island band structure. These experimental results are in good agreement with that of a multiband $\mathbf{k}\ensuremath{\cdot}\mathbf{p}$ model.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Photoluminescence
Absorption spectroscopy
Condensed matter physics
Condensed Matter::Other
02 engineering and technology
Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Lattice mismatch
Electronic states
Condensed Matter::Materials Science
Quantum dot
Lattice (order)
0103 physical sciences
010306 general physics
0210 nano-technology
Spectroscopy
Electronic band structure
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1550235X and 10980121
- Volume :
- 69
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8437b175a048e022b8ce2d71b153fd69