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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 110, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4976198
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- European Union [642574, 604416]
- Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [642574] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
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We explore an alternative way to fabricate (In, Ga) N/GaN short-period superlattices on GaN(0001) by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. We exploit the existence of an In adsorbate structure manifesting itself by a (root 3 x root 3)R30 degrees surface reconstruction observed in-situ by reflection high-energy electron diffraction. This In adlayer accommodates a maximum of 1/3 monolayer of In on the GaN surface and, under suitable conditions, can be embedded into GaN to form an In0.33Ga0.67N quantum sheet whose width is naturally limited to a single monolayer. Periodically inserting these quantum sheets, we synthesize (In, Ga) N/GaN short-period superlattices with abrupt interfaces and high periodicity as demonstrated by x-ray diffractometry and scanning transmission electron microscopy. The embedded quantum sheets are found to consist of single monolayers with an In content of 0.25-0.29. For a barrier thickness of 6 monolayers, the superlattice gives rise to a photoluminescence band at 3.16 eV, close to the theoretically predicted values for these structures. Published by AIP Publishing.
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