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Raman spectroscopy of self-assembled InAs quantum dots in wide-bandgap matrices of AlAs and aluminium oxide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

D. A. Tenne ,
A. G. Milekhin ,
A. K. Bakarov ,
O. R. Bajutova ,
V. A. Haisler ,
A. I. Toropov ,
S. Schulze  and
D. R. T. Zahn
D. A. Tenne
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, pr. Lavrenteva 13, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
A. G. Milekhin
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, pr. Lavrenteva 13, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
A. K. Bakarov
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, pr. Lavrenteva 13, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
O. R. Bajutova
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, pr. Lavrenteva 13, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
V. A. Haisler
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, pr. Lavrenteva 13, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
A. I. Toropov
Affiliation:
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, pr. Lavrenteva 13, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
S. Schulze
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik, Technische Universität Chemnitz, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
D. R. T. Zahn
Affiliation:
Institut für Physik, Technische Universität Chemnitz, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
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Abstract

Vibrational properties of self-assembled InAs quantum dots (QD’s) embedded in AlAs and aluminium oxide were studied by Raman spectroscopy. The InAs/AlAs QD structures were grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs (001) substrates. The following main features of the phonon spectra of InAs/AlAs QD nanostructures were observed: 1) asymmetric lines of QD LO phonons affected by strain, confinement and size inhomogeneity of QD’s; 2) confined phonons of InAs wetting layer (WL); 3) two bands of interface phonons in the AlAs frequency region, attributed to modes associated with the planar interface WL/AlAs matrix and the three-dimensional QD/matrix interface; 4) doublets of folded acoustic phonons caused by periodicity in the multilayer QD structures. The influence of growth temperature, varied from 420 to 550°C, on the morphology of QD’s was investigated. QD’s grown at 420°C are found to have the smallest size. Increasing the temperature up to 480°C leads to the formation of larger InAs islands and improved size homogeneity. Further temperature elevation (above 500°C) causes partial re-evaporation of InAs leading to a decrease of QD size and density, and, finally, their complete disappearance. InAs QD’s embedded in aluminium oxide were fabricated by selective oxidation of the AlAs matrix in self-assembled InAs/AlAs QD’s. Micro-Raman spectroscopy data show that depending on oxidation conditions (humidity, temperature) InAs QD’s in an oxide matrix can be even more strained than before oxidation, or become fully relaxed. At the boundaries of oxidized/non-oxidized areas the presence of amorphous and crystalline As clusters is evident.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 737 , 2002 , E13.8
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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