ELIMINATION OF WAVY LAYER GROWTH PHENOMENA IN STRAIN-COMPENSATED GAINASP/GAINASP MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL STACKS

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GLEW, RW [1 ]
SCARROTT, K [1 ]
BRIGGS, ATR [1 ]
SMITH, AD [1 ]
WILKINSON, VA [1 ]
ZHOU, X [1 ]
SILVER, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV SURREY,DEPT PHYS,GUILDFORD GU2 5XH,SURREY,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0022-0248(94)91140-1
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
A fifty period multiple quantum well stack composed of alternating layers of GaInAsP (100 Angstrom, +1% lattice mismatch) and GaInAsP (100 Angstrom -1% lattice mismatch) has been grown with a minimum of strain relaxation. The strain-compensated structure was over 1 mu m thick, exhibited an excellent high resolution X-ray diffraction rocking curve and had a low temperature photoluminescence linewidth of only 6 meV. The growth of this structure was made possible by suppressing the wavy layer growth phenomena. The onset of wavy layer growth can be delayed by using a high V/III ratio in the gas phase and by choosing a growth temperature high enough for the barrier composition to lie outside the Ga-In-As-P miscibility limit isotherm.
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