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TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of rapid thermal annealing on self-assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots superlattice
AU - Zhuang, Qiandong
AU - Li, J. M.
AU - Wang, X. X.
AU - Zeng, Y. P.
AU - Wang, Y. T.
AU - Wang, B. Q.
AU - Pan, L.
AU - Wu, J.
AU - Kong, M.Y.
AU - Lin, L. Y.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Postgrowth rapid thermal annealing was used to study the relaxation mechanism and optical properties of InGaAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots superlattice grown by molecular beam epitaxy. It is found that a significant narrowing of the luminescence linewidth (from 80 to 42 meV) occurs together with about 86 meV blue shift at annealing temperature up to 950°C. Double crystal X-ray diffraction measurements show that the intensity of the satellite diffraction peak, which corresponds to the quantum dots superlattice, decreased with the increasing annealing temperature and disappeared at 750°C, but recovered and increased again at higher annealing temperatures. This behavior can be explained by two competing relaxation mechanisms; interdiffusion and favored migration. The study indicates that a suitable annealing treatment can improve the structural properties of the quantum dots superlattice.
AB - Postgrowth rapid thermal annealing was used to study the relaxation mechanism and optical properties of InGaAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots superlattice grown by molecular beam epitaxy. It is found that a significant narrowing of the luminescence linewidth (from 80 to 42 meV) occurs together with about 86 meV blue shift at annealing temperature up to 950°C. Double crystal X-ray diffraction measurements show that the intensity of the satellite diffraction peak, which corresponds to the quantum dots superlattice, decreased with the increasing annealing temperature and disappeared at 750°C, but recovered and increased again at higher annealing temperatures. This behavior can be explained by two competing relaxation mechanisms; interdiffusion and favored migration. The study indicates that a suitable annealing treatment can improve the structural properties of the quantum dots superlattice.
KW - InGaAs/GaAs
KW - Quantum dots
KW - Superlattice
KW - Annealing
KW - X-ray
U2 - 10.1016/S0022-0248(99)00504-7
DO - 10.1016/S0022-0248(99)00504-7
M3 - Journal article
VL - 208
SP - 791
EP - 794
JO - Journal of Crystal Growth
JF - Journal of Crystal Growth
SN - 0022-0248
IS - 1-4
ER -