HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY INGAAS/GAAS QUANTUM WIRES DEFINED BY SELECTIVE WET ETCHING

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作者
GREUS, C
FORCHEL, A
STRAKA, J
PIEGER, K
EMMERLING, M
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 1991年 / 9卷 / 06期
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10.1116/1.585618
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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A technology is reported for the fabrication of buried InGaAs/GaAs quantum wires. For the pattern transfer of the nanometer structures a sensitive high resolution negative e-beam resist is used as a direct etch mask. The essential step of the approach is a selective wet etch process by which only the top barrier layer of a quantum well structure is removed between masked regions. Due to the high energy barrier of the etched surface quantum wells compared to the masked regions a lateral potential well is formed. Investigating the width dependence of the photoluminescence efficiency a high intensity is found, even for narrow wires and a significant shift of the emission to high energies for the smallest wires with widths of 35 nm.
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页码:2882 / 2885
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