scholarly journals Atomic Self-Ordering in Heteroepitaxially Grown Semiconductor Quantum Dots Due to Relaxation of External Lattice Mismatch Strains

2001 ◽  
Vol 707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Möck ◽  
Teya Topuria ◽  
Nigel D. Browning ◽  
Robin J. Nicholas ◽  
Roger G. Booker

ABSTRACTThermodynamic arguments are presented for the formation of atomic order in heteroepitaxially grown semiconductor quantum dots. From thermodynamics several significant properties of these systems can be derived, such as an enhanced critical temperature of the disorder-order transition, the possible co-existence of differently ordered domains of varying size and orientation, the possible existence of structures that have not been observed before in semiconductors, the occurrence of atomic order over time, and the occurrence of short range order when the growth proceeds at low temperatures. Transmission electron microscopy results support these predictions. Finally, we speculate on the cause for the observed increase in life time of (In,Ga)As/GaAs quantum dot lasers [H-Y. Liu et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2868 (2001)].

2001 ◽  
Vol 696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Möck ◽  
Teya Topuria ◽  
Nigel D. Browning ◽  
Robin J. Nicholas ◽  
Roger G. Booker

AbstractThermodynamic arguments are presented for the formation of atomic order in heteroepitaxially grown semiconductor quantum dots. From thermodynamics several significant properties of these systems can be derived, such as an enhanced critical temperature of the disorder-order transition, the possible co-existence of differently ordered domains of varying size and orientation, the possible existence of structures that have not been observed before in semiconductors, the occurrence of atomic order over time, and the occurrence of short range order when the growth proceeds at low temperatures. Transmission electron microscopy results support these predictions. Finally, we speculate on the cause for the observed increase in life time of (In,Ga)As/GaAs quantum dot lasers [H-Y. Liu et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2868 (2001)].


Author(s):  
E.A. Kenik ◽  
T.A. Zagula ◽  
M.K. Miller ◽  
J. Bentley

The state of long-range order (LRO) and short-range order (SRO) in Ni4Mo has been a topic of interest for a considerable time (see Brooks et al.). The SRO is often referred to as 1½0 order from the apparent position of the diffuse maxima in diffraction patterns, which differs from the positions of the LRO (D1a) structure. Various studies have shown that a fully disordered state cannot be retained by quenching, as the atomic arrangements responsible for the 1½0 maxima are present at temperatures above the critical ordering temperature for LRO. Over 20 studies have attempted to identify the atomic arrangements associated with this state of order. A variety of models have been proposed, but no consensus has been reached. It has also been shown that 1 MeV electron irradiation at low temperatures (∼100 K) can produce the disordered phase in Ni4Mo. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), atom probe field ion microscopy (APFIM), and electron irradiation disordering have been applied in the current study to further the understanding of the ordering processes in Ni4Mo.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 930
Author(s):  
Xiaoying Huang ◽  
Rongbin Su ◽  
Jiawei Yang ◽  
Mujie Rao ◽  
Jin Liu ◽  
...  

In this work, we successfully achieved wafer-scale low density InAs/GaAs quantum dots (QDs) for single photon emitter on three-inch wafer by precisely controlling the growth parameters. The highly uniform InAs/GaAs QDs show low density of μ0.96/μm2 within the radius of 2 cm. When embedding into a circular Bragg grating cavity on highly efficient broadband reflector (CBR-HBR), the single QDs show excellent optoelectronic properties with the linewidth of 3± 0.08 GHz, the second-order correlation factor g2(τ)=0.0322 ±0.0023, and an exciton life time of 323 ps under two-photon resonant excitation.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-351
Author(s):  
J. Xu ◽  
X. S. Wu ◽  
B. Qian ◽  
J. F. Feng ◽  
S. S. Jiang ◽  
...  

Ge–Si inverted huts, which formed at the Si∕Ge interface of Si∕Ge superlattice grown at low temperatures, have been measured by X-ray diffraction, grazing incidence X-ray specular and off-specular reflectivities, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The surface of the Si∕Ge superlattice is smooth, and there are no Ge–Si huts appearing on the surface. The roughness of the surfaces is less than 3 Å. Large lattice strain induced by lattice mismatch between Si and Ge is found to be relaxed because of the intermixing of Ge and Si at the Si∕Ge interface.


2000 ◽  
Vol 199 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.-P. Liu ◽  
P. D. Miller ◽  
W. L. Henstrom ◽  
J. M. Gibson

Open Physics ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirmal Misra ◽  
Mohendra Roy ◽  
Dambarudhar Mohanta ◽  
Kishor Baruah ◽  
Amarjyoti Choudhury

AbstractZnO:Mn semiconductor quantum dots were prepared by solution casting led microemulsion route. Quantum dots of average size ∼2 nm were noticed in transmission electron micrographs. The present work highlights colour change phenomena (photochromic effect) of quantum dots while subjected to photon illumination. The magneto-optic measurements e.g. magnetic field (H) vs angle of rotation (θ) show step like behavior and is ascribed to the quantum confinement effect of diluted magnetic ZnO:Mn nanostructures. Further, underlying mechanism responsible for exhibiting photochromism and magneto-optic effects are also discussed.


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