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APL MATERIALS
Volume 2, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/1.4895783
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- FOM [09NSE06]
- Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies
- Center for Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion, an Energy Frontier Research Center - U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science [DE-SC0000957]
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GaSb quantum dots (QDs) in a GaAs matrix are investigated with cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy (X-STM) and photoluminescence (PL). We observe that Al-rich capping materials prevent destabilization of the nanostructures during the capping stage of the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth process and thus preserves the QD height. However, the strain induced by the absence of destabilization causes many structural defects to appear around the preserved QDs. These defects originate from misfit dislocations near the GaSb/GaAs interface and extend into the capping layer as stacking faults. The lack of a red shift in the QD PL suggests that the preserved dots do not contribute to the emission spectra. We suggest that a better control over the emission wavelength and an increase of the PL intensity is attainable by growing smaller QDs with an Al-rich overgrowth. (C) 2014 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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