LATERAL-SUPERLATTICE EFFECTS IN VERY NARROW STRAINED SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM-WELLS GROWN ON VICINAL SURFACES

被引:11
作者
MESEGUER, F
AGULLORUEDA, F
LOPEZ, C
SANCHEZDEHESA, J
MASSIES, J
CESCHIN, AM
机构
[1] LAB PHYS SOLIDE & ENERGIE SOLAIRE,CNRS,F-06560 VALBONNE,FRANCE
[2] UNIV AUTONOMA MADRID,FAC CIENCIAS,DIV FIS,E-28049 MADRID,SPAIN
[3] UNIV CARLOS 3 MADRID,ESCUELA POLITECN SUPER,E-28913 MADRID,SPAIN
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 47卷 / 20期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.47.13880
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The existence of lateral-superlattice effects in narrow InxGa1-xAs/GaAs strained quantum wells grown on GaAs vicinal substrates is reported. The effects have been probed by photoluminescence excitation under magnetic field and compared to a theoretical model. Prior work indicates that strained epitaxial layers grown on vicinal surfaces may present a tilt angle between the substrate plane and the epilayer plane that depends on the lattice mismatch. This provokes strong lateral modulation of the potential induced by inhomogeneity of the built-in strain. Our results are consistent with strong lateral-superlattice effects.
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页码:13880 / 13883
页数:4
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