Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 190, Issue 1-4, Pages 258-263Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4332(01)00861-3
Keywords
STM; electronic contrast; quantum dot; quantum well; relaxation; strain
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When a semi-conductor structure containing strained layers such as quantum wells (QWs) or quantum dot layers is cleaved, the surface will relax outward in order to release built-in strain. This outward relaxation is directly linked to the composition of the strained layers, and can thus provide accurate information about the local composition of these layers. By using cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy (X-STM) it is possible to measure this outward relaxation. The measured height profiles, however, are also dependent on the chemical composition of the measured surface, resulting in an extra height contrast in the images. In order to analyze only the outward relaxation, it is necessary to suppress this latter chemical component in the STM measurements. This can be achieved by choosing the proper tunnel conditions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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