Super-flat interfaces in pseudomorphic In0.72Ga0.28As/In0.52Al0.48As quantum wells grown on (411)A InP substrates by molecular beam epitaxy

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Aoki, T [1 ]
Kitada, T [1 ]
Shimomura, S [1 ]
Hiyamizu, S [1 ]
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[1] Osaka Univ, Grad Sch Engn Sci, Toyonaka, Osaka 5608531, Japan
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 2000年 / 18卷 / 03期
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10.1116/1.591435
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We investigated flatness of heterointerfaces in pseudomorphic In0.72Ga0.28As/In0.52Al0.48As quantum wells (QWs) with well widths L-w of 1.3, 1.7, and 3.4 nm grown on (411)A InP substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Full width at half maximum of a photoluminescence (12 K) peak from the (411)A QW with L-w = 1.3 nm was as narrow as 20.7 meV, which is 28% smaller than that (28.9 meV) of the corresponding QW grown on a conventional (100) InP substrate. This result indicates that effectively atomically flat interfaces [(411)A super-flat interfaces] were successfully formed, for the first time, in pseudomorphic In(0.72)Cra(0.28)As/In0.52Al0.48As QWs grown on the (411)A InP substrate by MBE. (C) 2000 American Vacuum Society.
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