Abstract
Cross-sectional scanning tunneling microscopy is used to study at the atomic scale how the structural properties of InAs/InGaAsP/InP quantum dots (QDs) are modified when an ultrathin (0–1.5 ML) GaAs interlayer is inserted underneath the QDs. Deposition of the GaAs interlayer suppresses the influence of the As/P exchange reaction on QD formation and leads to a planarized QD growth surface. A shape transition from quantum dashes, which are strongly dissolved during capping, to well defined QDs takes place when increasing the GaAs interlayer thickness between 0 and 1.0 ML. Moreover, the GaAs interlayer allows the control of the As/P exchange reaction, reducing the QD height for increased GaAs thicknesses above 1.0 ML, and decreases the QD composition intermixing, producing almost pure InAs QDs.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 083103 |
Pages (from-to) | 083103-1/3 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |