Abstract

Effects of growth conditions on the formation of InAs quantum dots (QDs) grown on GaAs (115)A substrate were investigated by using the reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) and photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL). An anomalous evolution of wetting layer was observed when increasing the As/In flux ratio. This is attributed to a change in the surface reconstruction. PL measurements show that QDs emission was strongly affected by the InAs deposited amount. No obvious signature of PL emission QDs appears for sample with 2.2 ML InAs coverage. Furthermore, carrier tunneling from the dots to the non-radiative centers via the inclination continuum band is found to be the dominant mechanism for the InAs amount deposition up to 4.2 MLs.

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