ISLAND FORMATION IN ULTRA-THIN INAS/INP QUANTUM-WELLS GROWN BY CHEMICAL BEAM EPITAXY

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CARLIN, JF
HOUDRE, R
RUDRA, A
ILEGEMS, M
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[1] Institute for Micro- and Optoelectronics, Department of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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10.1063/1.105803
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We have studied the effect of growth interruptions on 2-monolayers-thick InAs/InP strained quantum wells (QW) grown by chemical beam epitaxy. The main feature is the formation of up to 8-monolayers-thick InAs islands during As2 annealing of the QW. Their formation is characterized by a two to three dimensional transition of the reflection high-energy electron diffraction pattern and multiple-lines photoluminescence spectra. An increase of a short range roughness at the InP-InAs interface due to As2 annealing of InP is also observed.
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