Highly Strained InAsxPl-X/InP Quantum wells Prepared by Flow Modulation Epitaxy

1989 ◽  
Vol 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Schneider ◽  
B. W. Wessels
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Photoluminescence Spectra ◽  
Quantum Well Structures ◽  
Flow Modulation ◽  
Modulation Techniques ◽  
Lateral Extent ◽  
Highly Strained ◽  
Lattice Matched

AbstractFlow modulation techniques have been used to prepare highly strained InAsxPl-x/InP quantum well structures in an atmospheric pressure organometallic vapor phase epitaxial reactor. The compositions of the pseudomorphic wells ranged from x=0.40 to 0.74, corresponding to biaxial compressive strains of 1.3-2.4%. Well thicknesses ranged from 2 to 26 monolayers. The flow modulation growth conditions were found to have a strong influence on interface formation in the wells. For wells grown under optimized modulation conditions, low-temperature photoluminescence spectra revealed peak-splitting of the emission from the thinnest wells. This splitting is attributed to emission from regions in the wells with atomically smooth interfaces over areas greater in lateral extent than the exciton diameter. The full-width at half-maximum of the peaks is in the 6-15 meV range, comparable to the best reported values for lattice- matched InGaAs(P)/InP quantum wells grown by any technique, and is independent of well thickness or composition.

OMVPE Growth of GalnAs/InP Quantum Well Structures

1987 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. B. Stringfellow
Keyword(s):  
Binding Energy ◽  
Quantum Well ◽  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Vapor Phase ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Binding Energies ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Quantum Well Structures ◽  
Maximum Value

ABSTRACTInP/GalnAs/InP quantum well structures have been grown using atmospheric pressure organometallic vapor phase epitaxy (AP-OMVPE). The optimum conditions for growth of extremely abrupt interfaces were studied. The optimum orientation was exactly (100). The growth had to be interrupted for 40 seconds at the first interface and 2 minutes at the 2nd interface to obtain the most abrupt interfaces. The narrowest photoluminescence half widths were obtained at the lowest values (31) of V/III ratio in the input vapor phase. These growth conditions allow the growth of wells as thin as <10Å with photoluminescence (PL) spectra consisting of doublets or triplets. The extremely narrow peaks correspond to regions of the quantum well differing in thickness by a single monolayer. The energy separations of the neighboring peaks are found to increase with decreasing well width until, at a thickness of approximately 12 Å, the separation begins to decrease rapidly with decreasing well width. The exciton binding energies in the quantum wells have also been measured using thermally modulated PL. The binding energy is found to increase with decreasing well width until a maximum value of approximately 17 meV is measured for a nominal well width of approximately 13 Å. For thinner wells the exciton binding energy is found to decrease with decreasing well width.

scholarly journals Self-Organized Superlattices in GaInAsSb Grown on Vicinal Substrates

2003 ◽  
Vol 794 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.A. Wang ◽  
C.J. Vineis ◽  
D.R. Calawa
Keyword(s):  
Deposition Temperature ◽  
Alloy Composition ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Composition Modulation ◽  
Compositional Modulation ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Natural Superlattice ◽  
Lateral Extent ◽  
Lattice Matched

ABSTRACTSelf-organized superlattices are observed in GaInAsSb epilayers grown lattice matched to vicinal GaSb substrates. The natural superlattice (NSL) is oriented at a slight angle of about 4° with respect to the vicinal (001) GaSb substrate. This vertical composition modulation is detected at the onset of growth. Layers in the NSL are continuous over the lateral extent of the substrate. Furthermore, the NSL persists throughout several microns of deposition. The NSLs have a period ranging from 10 to 30 nm, which is dependent on deposition temperature and GaInAsSb alloy composition. While the principle driving force for this type of phase separation is chemical, the mechanism for the self-organized microstructure is related to local strains associated with surface undulations. By using a substrate with surface undulations, the tilted NSL can be induced in layers with alloy compositions that normally do not exhibit this self-organized microstructure under typical growth conditions. These results underscore the complex interactions between compositional modulation and morphological perturbations.

Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of (Al,Ga)As Tilted Superlattices on Vicinal GaAs (110)

1991 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohan Krishnamurthy ◽  
M. Wassermeier ◽  
H. Weman ◽  
J. L. Merz ◽  
P. M. Petroffa
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Molecular Beam ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Vicinal Surface ◽  
Vicinal Surfaces ◽  
Island Growth ◽  
Quantum Well Structures ◽  
Molecular Beam Epitaxial ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth

ABSTRACTA study of the molecular beam epitaxial (MBE) growth on singular and vicinal (110) surfaces of GaAs is presented. Quantum well structures and tilted superlattices (TSL) were grown on substrates misoriented 0.5°-2° towards the nearest [010] and [111]A azimuths at growth temperatures ranging from 450° C to 600° C under different growth conditions. The structures were characterized by Nomarski optical microscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy.Two types of faceting were observed on the surfaces. The structures grown at temperatures above 540°C and As beam fluxes below l×10-5 torr showed V-shaped facets pointing in the [001] direction and are attributed to As deficient island growth. Lower temperatures and higher As beam fluxes lead to surfaces with microfacets that are elongated along the respective step directions on the vicinal surface and are due to step bunching during growth. Their density and height decrease with decreasing vicinal angle and they disappear on the singular (110) surface. The photoluminescence of the GaAs quantum wells grown on these samples is redshifted with respect to that of the quantum wells grown on the flat surface. This is being ascribed to the fact that on the vicinal surface, the recombination takes place at the facets where the quantum wells are wider.The contrast in the TEM images of the TSL show for the samples misoriented towards [010] that the lateral segregation to the step edges on this surface is appreciable. The TSL spacing and the tilt however show that during growth the vicinal surfaces tend towards a surface with smaller miscut.

Intersubband Transitions In Ingaas/Inalas Multiple Quantum Wells Grown On Inp Substrate

2001 ◽  
Vol 692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiaoying Zhou ◽  
M. O. Manasreh ◽  
B. D. Weaver ◽  
M. Missous
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Conduction Band ◽  
Multiple Quantum Wells ◽  
Multiple Quantum ◽  
Interband Transitions ◽  
Intersubband Transitions ◽  
Quantum Well Structures ◽  
Inp Substrate ◽  
Inp Substrates ◽  
Lattice Matched

AbstractIntersubband transitions in In0.52Ga0.48As/In0.52Al0.48As multiple quantum wells grown on lattice matched InP substrates were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) absorption and photoluminescence (FTPL) techniques. The well width was tailored to produce excited states resonant in the conduction band, at the edge of the conduction band, and confined in the quantum wells. Interband transitions were also probed using FTPL and optical absorption techniques. The FTPL spectra show that three interband transitions exist in the quantum well structures with well width larger than 30 Å. The intersubband transitions in this class of quantum wells seem to withstand proton irradiation with doses higher than those used to deplete the intersubband transitions in the GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells.

Optical Properties of Pseudomorphic InxGa1−xAs Quantum Wells

1986 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. G. Anderson ◽  
Y. C. Lo ◽  
R. M. Kolbas
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Well ◽  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Excitation Intensity ◽  
Stimulated Emission ◽  
Luminescence Properties ◽  
Photoluminescence Spectra ◽  
Quantum Well Structures ◽  
Single Feature ◽  
Increasing Temperature ◽  
Confining Layers

ABSTRACTThe luminescence properties of MBE-grown pseudomorphic InxGa1−xAs—GaAs quantum-well structures are examined as a function of photoexcitation intensity and temperature. The structures examined consist of single In0.28Ga0.72As or (isolated) multiple In0.16Ga0.84As pseudomorphic wells sandwiched between thick, unstrained GaAs confining layers. Low-temperature photoluminescence spectra for these samples, which range in quantum-well thickness from 17 Å to 50 Å, consist of a single feature attributable to transitions associated with n = 1 electron and j = 3/2, Mj = 3/2 > - hole states. Spectral widths of these peaks are very narrow (7–11 meV), even for a heavily spike-doped sample (Si, ND ∼ 1018 spike-doped at well center). Emission intensities for the quantum-well structures are studied as a function of excitation intensity over the range 3 × 102 ≤ Pex ≤ 6 x 1O4 W/cm2, and one of the samples (x = 0.16, 50 Å undoped wells) prepared as a laser structure is shown to support stimulated emission at an excitation intensity < 104 W/cm2. The excellent luminescence properties of these structures are shown to degrade rapidly with increasing temperature, with radiative efficiencies dropping more than two orders of magnitude over the temperature range 20K – 180K. One possible explanation for this behavior is proposed.

Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Disordering Effects on Photoluminescence Spectra of InGaAs/InGaAsP Quantum Wells

1999 ◽  
Vol 607 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Yi ◽  
W. J. Choi ◽  
S. Lee ◽  
D.H. Woo ◽  
S. H. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Diffusion Constant ◽  
Diffusion Time ◽  
Photoluminescence Spectra ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Diffusion Constants ◽  
Diffusion Temperature ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Lattice Matched

AbstractThe effect of disordering on photoluminescence spectra of InGaAs/InGaAsP quantum wells has been investigated experimentally and theoretically taking into account the valence band intermixing, strain, exciton effects, and the non-identical diffusion constants for group III and V materials. The disordering profile of 1.55Q InGaAs/InGaAsP quantum wells lattice matched to InP has been controlled by choice of the cap layer materials as well as the diffusion time and diffusion temperature. By comparing the experimental data and theoretical calculations, the diffusion constant for each material has been extracted.

Direct Bandgap Quantum Wells on GaP

1996 ◽  
Vol 448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Won Lee ◽  
Alfred T. Schremer ◽  
Dan Fekete ◽  
James R. Shealy ◽  
Joseph M. Ballantyne
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Variable Temperature ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Band Alignment ◽  
Type I ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Direct Bandgap ◽  
Conduction Band Offset ◽  
Alloy Semiconductors ◽  
Lattice Matched

AbstractCurrently, there are no direct-bandgap alloy semiconductors that can be grown lattice-matched to GaP substrates. A strained layer of GaInP can be grown on GaP, however, with difficulties. First, GaInP is an indirect-bandgap material for In concentrations up to ∼30%. Second, the band alignment between GaInP and GaP is type-II for In concentrations up to ∼60%. The Mathews-Blakeslee critical thickness of GaInP layer on GaP is prohibitively small in the useful In concentration range. GaInP is known to grow in an ordered phase in certain growth conditions. By changing the growth conditions, a heterojunction of ordered GaInP and disordered GaInP can be grown. The conduction band offset going from a disordered GaInP phase to an ordered GaInP phase has been reported to be about 150 meV. Using a layer of ordered GaInP, a QW with type-I band alignment may be grown on GaP for a wider range of composition.We have grown a series of approximately 60 Å thick GaP/GaInP/GaP strained quantum wells of various compositions using OMVPE. Strong photoluminescence, which exhibited an unusual temperature dependence, has been observed on many samples. A study of the QW’s using X-ray diffraction, TEM, and variable temperature PL reveals behaviors consistent with direct bandgap GaInP quantum wells containing ordered and disordered domains.

scholarly journals Luminescent Characteristics of InGaAsP/InP Multiple Quantum Well Structures by Impurity-Free Vacancy Disordering

2001 ◽  
Vol 692 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Zhao ◽  
X. D. Zhang ◽  
Z. C. Feng ◽  
J. C. Deng ◽  
P. Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Annealing Temperature ◽  
Multiple Quantum Well ◽  
Blue Shift ◽  
Multiple Quantum ◽  
Quantum Well Structures ◽  
Cladding Layer ◽  
Cap Layer ◽  
Free Vacancy

AbstractInGaAsP/InP multiple quantum wells have been prepared by Impurity-Free Vacancy Disordering (IFVD). The luminescent characteristics was investigated using photoluminescence (PL) and photoreflectance (PR), from which the band gap blue shift was observed. Si3N4, SiO2 and SOG were used for the dielectric layer to create the vacancies. All samples were annealed by rapid thermal anne aling (RTA). The results indicate that the band gap blue shift varies with the dielectric layers and annealing temperature. The SiO2 capping was successfully used with an InGaAs cladding layer to cause larger band tuning effect in the InGaAs/InP MQWs than the Si3N4 capping with an InGaAs cladding layer. On the other hand, samples with the Si3N4-InP cap layer combination also show larger energy shifts than that with SiO2-InP cap layer combination.

Properties of highly strained InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells for 1.2-μm laser diodes

2002 ◽  
Vol 81 (13) ◽  
pp. 2334-2336 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Mogg ◽  
N. Chitica ◽  
R. Schatz ◽  
M. Hammar
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Wells ◽  
Laser Diodes ◽  
Highly Strained
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